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EARLY   AMERICAN    PORTRAn 
PAINTERS    IN    MINIATURE 


BY 


THEODORE  BOLTON 


NEW  YORK 

FREDERIC  FAIRCHILD  SHERMAN 

MCMXXI 


Copyright  1921,  by 
Frederic  Fairchild  Sherman 


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LIST  OF  ILLUSTIL^TIONS 

Malbone,  Edward 

Charles  Harris 1    p.        .     . 

Nicholas  Bowman  .    .    .    : j  P 

FACING    PAGE 

Copley,  John  Singleton 

Self  Portrait 7 

Van  Dyck,  James 

James  Lyon 7 

Brown,  J.  Henry 

President  Buchanan 10 

DUNLAP,  W1LLLA.M 

President  Tyler  .     .    .    .  • 10 

Fulton,  Robert 

Samuel  Beach      26 


'^        Duval,  Ambrose 

Gov.  Wm.  C.  C.  Claiborne 26 

Bounetheau,  Henry  B. 

Henry  M.  Manigault 42 

Baker,  George  A.,  Jr. 
^  Andrew  Jackson      42 

\       Birch,  William 
vl  George  Washington 58 

Petticolas,  E.  a. 

George  Washington 58 

Thornton,  Dr.  William 

George  Washington 62 

Ramage,  John 

George  Washington 62 

Clark,  Alvan 

Barnabas  Clark 70 


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FACING   PAGE 


GiMBREDE,  Thomas 

Mr.  Schley 70 

Bridport,  H. 

Caroline  Dugan 74 

Inman,  Henry 

Portrait  of  a  Lady      74 

Jarvis,  John  Wesley 

Miss  Jarvis 90 

Allston,  Washington 

Captain  A.  H.  Pray 90 

Trott,  Benjamin 

Lewis  Adams 106 

Peale,  James 

Mrs.  John  P.  Van  Ness 106 

Andre,  Major  John 

Margaret  Shippen 122 

Staigg,  Richard  M. 

John  Lothrop  Motley 122 

Pelham,  Henry 

Jonathan  Clark 138 

Savage,  Edward 

Self  Portrait 138 

Field,  Robert 

George  Washington 154 

James  Sargent  Ewing,  M.D 154 

Wood,  Joseph 

Portrait  of  a  Man 158 

Munger,  George 

Self  Portrait 158 

Hill,  Pamela 

Rebecca  Dean  Salisbury 166 

Williams,  Henry 

Samuel  Larkin 166 


To 


RuEL  Pardee  Tolma 


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7  HE  present  volume  lists  as  many  of  the  portrait 
pai?7ters  in  miniature^  both  native  Americans 
and  foreign  painters  working  in  America^  from  the 
earliest  times  until  1850,  as  it  has  been  possible  to 
enumerate.  It  includes  not  only  ivory  miniatures 
but  small  portraits  in  oil  and  water  color  as  well. 


FOREWORD 
I 

The  word  "miniature"  comes  from  "minium"  meaning 
"vermilion,"  the  color  used  by  the  illuminators  of  manu- 
scripts as  a  border  to  their  decorations.  At  what  time  a  like- 
ness with  a  vermilion  border  about  it  was  detached  from  the 
page  of  vellum  and  used  as  a  portable  portrait  is  both  difficult 
and  useless  to  determine.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  dozen 
undoubted  miniatures  by  the  first  great  miniature  painter, 
Hans  Holbein,  were  all  painted  on  vellum,  or  the  backs  of 
playing  cards,  and  that  was  the  material  generally  used  in  the 
sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries  in  England  by  such  men 
as  Nicholas  Hillyarde,  Isaac  and  Peter  Olliver,  John  Hoskins^ 
Samuel  Cooper,  Thomas  Flatman  and  Lawrence  Crosse. 

It  was  not  until  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century 
that  ivory  was  used  as  a  painting  surface,  but  upon  its  adop- 
tion it  was  used  almost  exclusively.  Samuel  Shelly,  John 
Smart,  Andrew  Robertson  and  Richard  Cosway,  to  mention 
a  few  of  the  finest  English  miniature  painters  of  the  period, 
painted  almost  entirely  on  ivory.  The  change  was  not  partic- 
ularly for  the  better.  Painting  in  water  color  on  thin  sheets  of 
ivory  gummed  at  the  corners  to  a  piece  of  card  is  a  most  pre- 
carious method.  The  color  may  be  ruined  or  entirely  removed 
by  the  touch  of  a  moistened  finger  and  the  ivory,  too,  is  most 
sensitive  to  changes  of  temperature.  Hung  near  a  fireplace 
the  ivory  is  apt  to  buckle  or  split.  As  in  the  case  of  other 
painting,  direct  sunlight  is  certain  to  afl^ect  the  colors.  Per- 
haps the  best  way  of  keeping  the  small  portraits  is  in  a  cab- 
inet that  can  be  covered  when  they  are  not  beino;  enjoyed. 


Glass  at  the  back  as  well  as  the  face  is  an  excellent  manner  of 
framing  ivory  miniatures. 

In  more  recent  times  the  derivation  of  the  word  "mini- 
ature" has  been  lost  or  confused  with  the  word  "minute," 
and  the  word  in  its  modern  sense  means  simply  a  small 
portrait. 

II 

Miniature  painting  in  America  started  with  no  more  than 
an  ornamental  purpose  for  bracelets,  snuff  box  tops,  and 
watch  lids.  Even  Charles  Willson  Peale  painted  miniatures 
to  serve  this  end.  Finally  it  developed  into  small  portraiture 
worthy  of  a  special  frame.  The  leisure  of  the  people  of  the 
new  republic  was  generously  expended  upon  portraits.  "The 
country  was  at  this  time,  mad  on  the  subject  generally," 
writes  Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan  in  his  excellent  article  on 
Saint-Memin,  and  portraiture  in  oils,  miniature  and  engrav- 
ing flourished  in  a  manner  it  has  never  since  attained. 
Stuart,  Sully,  Trumbull,  Trott,  Malbone,  Fraser,  the  Peale 
family — these  and  many  lesser  men  could  not  supply  the 
demand.  Englishmen  like  Miles,  Birch,  Sharpless  and  Field 
came  to  the  country  and  painted  with  success,  and  countless 
Frenchmen  varying  from  the  excellence  of  Saint-Memin  to 
mediocrity  found  full  employment. 

The  movement  was  a  perfectly  natural,  spontaneous 
growth.  In  many  cases  the  craftsmanship  is  impeccable  and 
would  cause  astonishment  to  any  one  not  familiar  with  the 
period.  For  the  artists  were  trained  —  a  number  had  the 
advantage  of  European  training  but  for  the  most  part  they 
trained  themselves. 

The  later  miniatures  were  painted  on  larger  surfaces. 
Some  were  rectangular  in  shape,  often  they  were  painted  on 
paper  and  on  cabinet  size  wood  panels. 


Of  all  the  rich  variety  of  portraits  produced  by  the  early 
American  miniature  painters  many  compare  with  the  work 
of  European  masters  in  the  art.  Four  names  stand  out  above 
the  rest  —  Malbone,  Fraser,  Trott  and  Field.  Miniatures  by 
the  eminently  artistic  Edward  Malbone  have  long  been 
eagerly  sought  after.  Less  known  but  of  high  worth  is  the 
serious  art  of  Charles  Fraser.  The  brilliant  Benjamin  Trott 
ranks  with  Edward  Malbone  and  Charles  Fraser.  These 
three  artists  were  native  Americans.  The  fourth  was  an 
Englishman  who  spent  almost  his  entire  artistic  career  in 
this  country  and  Nova  Scotia.  His  name  was  Robert  Field. 
His  miniatures  are  superb. 

Each  of  these  artists  in  his  different  way  raised  the  smaller 
portraiture  to  the  dignity  of  the  larger. 

Portrait  painters  in  oil  also  often  painted  miniatures  that 
compare  with  those  of  the  artists  who  were  exclusively  minia- 
ture painters.  Among  these  were  Henry  Inman,  John 
Wesley  Jarvis,  Matthew  Harris  Jouett  and  Thomas  Sully. 

John  Trumbull's  miniatures  are  painted  in  oils  as  are  a 
number  by  Copley. 

At  last  a  decline  set  in  but  it  was  not  because  the  impulse 
had  spent  its  force.  The  doom  of  the  miniature  came  with 
the  advent  of  the  daguerreotype  and  Henry  Shumway  finally 
reduced  to  tinting  photographs  is  symbolical  of  the  change. 
The  present  book  includes  only  those  artists  working  before 
1850  when  the  photograph  had  already  numbered  the  days 
of  the  small  portrait. 


Ill 


My  indebtedness  is  great.   Without  the  aid  I  have  received 
this  undertaking  would  have  been  practically  impossible. 
At  the  outset  I  wish  to  thank  Mr.  Ruel  P.  Tolman  and 


Mr.  F.  Fairchild  Sherman.  To  Mr.  Tolman  is  due  the  sug- 
gestion of  the  book- — to  Mr.  Sherman  its  publication. 

In  the  way  of  assistance  I  must  speak  first  of  Miss  Alice 
R.  H.  Smith,  Mr.  Harry  Piers  and  Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan. 
The  information  I  have  received  from  them,  their  unfailing 
responses  and  their  time  ungrudgingly  given  must  receive 
from  me  my  fullest  public  acknowledgement  and  my  heartiest 
thanks. 

I  wish  to  thank,  too,  all  those  who  have  answered  my 
questions  or  have  allowed  their  treasures  to  be  reproduced. 
My  indebtedness  extends  in  four  instances  to  England. 

Mr.  Walter  L.  Ehrich  has  been  of  especial  service. 

My  less  formal  thanks  must  be  given  the  curators  and 
secretaries  of  the  twenty-two  art  and  historical  associations 
who  have  given  me  aid  in  many  ways,  it  is  not  likely  that 
another  writer  could  have  had  more  generous  assistance. 

Theodore  Bolton 

WASHINGTON,  D.C.,  OCTOBER,  I92O 


ACRES,  John  Edward 

Flourished  181^-1826. 

Miniature  painter. 

Acres  studied  at  the  Royal  Academy.  He  came 
to  Sydney,  Cape  Breton  County,  early  in  181 5  to  see 
about  a  land  inheritance.  Mr.  Harry  Piers  in  a  com- 
munication to  the  writer  states:  "From  about  Septem- 
ber, 1 81 5,  till  1 816  or  later  he  was  in  Halifax  but  re- 
turned to  Sydney  about  18 17.  He  went  again  to  Hali- 
fax sometime  before  1823,  and  apparently  was  still 
painting  miniatures  in  Halifax  in  1826.  He  committed 
suicide  at  Halifax  soon  afterwards." 

Mr.  Wilkie?  inscribed  on   back:     "Halifax,  Jan.,   1823, 

Acres,  Painter."  Mr.  George  Ritchie,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

AGATE,  Alfred  T. 

b.    1818;   d.    January  5,  1846,  New  York  City. 
Miniature  painter. 

Alfred  T.  Agate  was  the  younger  brother  of  the 
painter  F.  S.  Agate.  He  travelled  with  Captain  Wilkes' 
expedition  making  drawings  for  the  government  service 
at  that  time  and  later.  Francis  Emmons  wrote  a  brief 
account  of  his  life. 
1-3.    Three  miniature  portraits. 

National  Academy  Ex.  1837-38. 
AKIN,  James 

b.    about  I'/yj  South  Carolina;    d.    July  8,  184.6^  Phila- 
delphia. 
Engraver^  caricaturist  and  portrait  painter  in  water  colors. 
He  engraved  illustrations  in  Salem  in   1804  and  in 
1805  he  was  in  Newbury.    In  1808  he  settled  in  Phila- 

Acres — Akin:  2 
I 


delphia  becoming  in  turn  designer,  pharmacist,  res- 
tauranteur  and  patent  draughtsman.  See:  "The  Gran- 
ite Magazine,"  October,  1898. 

1.  Thomas  Leavitt. 

2,  Hannah  (Melcher)  Leavitt. 

ALLEN,  Sarah  Lockhart 

b.    August  2,  lygj-,  Salefn;   d.    there  July  11^  i^yj. 
Miniature  painter  and  portrait  draughtsman  in  pastel. 

In  Felt's  "Annals  of  Salem"  there  is  the  following 
note  for  1820:  "Portraits  of  full  size  are  executed  by 
Miss  Sarah  Allen  in  crayons.  She  is  a  native  of  this 
city."  The  following  portraits  are  all  miniatures. 

1.  Catherine  Princess  oi  Nassau,  after  Morelese. 

Essex  Institute. 

2.  Charlotte  Story  Forrester,  1832.   33^'  x  3. 

Essex  Institute. 

3.  Unknown  boy.  Essex  Institute. 

4.  Unknown  woman.  Essex  Institute. 

5.  Thorwaldsen.  copy.^  Boston  Museum. 

ALLSTON,  Washington 

b.    November  5,  I779-,  Brook  Green  Dofnain^  Waccamaw 
Co.,  S.  C;    d.    July  9,  1S4.J.,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
Historical,  religious  and  portrait  painter. 

Graduating  from  Harvard  in  1800  Allston  went  to 
Charleston,  South  Carolina  and  in  1801  sailed  with 
Malbone  for  England  where  they  studied  in  London 
under  Benjamin  West.  In  1804  Allston  went  to  Paris 
and  Rome.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  in  1809. 
In  1 81 1  he  went  to  London  with  Morse.  In  1817  he 
revisited  Paris.    He  was  elected  R.  A.  in  181 8. 

Allen — Allston:  3 


1.  Captain  A.  S.  Pray.        Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

2.  Mrs.  Huyer.    2^  x  134. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey,  N.  Y. 

3.  John  Harris,  rectangular.    2^4  x  2 ^.   Painted  in  1809. 

Boston  Museum. 

AMES,  Daniel  F. 

Flourished  1841-18^2^  Nciv  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

AMES,  Ezra 

b.    iy68;   d.   Feb.  23,  1836. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Ezra  Ames  started  as  a  coach  painter.  He  later  took 
to  portrait  painting  with  such  success  that  his  picture 
of  Governor  George  Clinton,  exhibited  at  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Academy,  received  particular  notice.  He  painted 
a  series  of  some  of  the  members  of  the  New  York  State 
legislature. 

1.  Jesse  Hawley.    2i^Zy^-    rectangle. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

2.  Catherine  Louisa  Douw  Townsend.   3  in.  oval. 

Albany  Institute. 

3.  John  Fondey  Townsend.   3  in.  oval. 

Albany  Institute. 

4.  Margaret  Livingston  Douw.   3  in.  oval. 

Albany  Institute. 

5.  John  Fondey,  Jr.   3  in.  oval.  Albany  Institute. 

6.  John  Fondey  Townsend,  M.  D.   4  in.  oval. 

Albany  Institute. 

7.  Catherine  Douw  Gansevoort.    4  in.  oval. 

xAlbany  Institute. 
Ames,  D. — Ames,  E:  4 
3 


AMES,  Julius  R. 
Flourished  1834-1850. 
Miniature  painter. 
He  was  the  son  of  Ezra  Ames  and  worked  in  Albany. 

ANDERSON,  Alexander 

b.   April  21  y  177 5 y  New  York;  d.  January  //,  iSyo,  Jersey 

City. 
Wood  engraver. 

Alexander  Anderson  is  rated  as  the  first  American 
wood  engraver.  He  was  a  copper  plate  engraver  as 
early  as  1794  but  to  please  his  father  he  studied  medicine 
at  Columbia  College,  obtained  his  degree  in  1796  and 
practised  until  1798.  In  1797  he  resumed  engraving. 
In  1820  he  devoted  himself  almost  entirely  to  engraving 
on  wood  taking  the  work  of  Thomas  Bewick  as  his 
model.  His  work  in  miniature  is  rare.  See  F.  M.  Burr: 
"Life  of  Alexander  Anderson,"  1893. 
I.    Julia    Malvinia   Anderson.     1820.     2^<4X2>^. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 
ANDRE,  John 

b.    lys^i   London^     d.    October  ^,    iy8o,    Tappan   on   the 

Hudson. 
Major  in  the  British  Army  and  amateur  artist. 

Major  Andre  who  was  executed  as  a  spy  during  the 
American  Revolution,  was  an  amateur  artist  of  great 
ability.  He  painted  water  color  landscapes;  assisted  at 
the  fetes  in  Philadelphia  by  drawing  a  costume  for  the 
"Ladies  of  the  Blended  Rose;"  probably  carved  the 
wooden  figure  of  a  British  dragoon  in  the  Wister  House 
in  Philadelphia;   and  undoubtedly  designed  scenery  and 

Ames — Andre:  5 
4 


drops  for  the  small  theatre  in  Southwark.  He  also 
painted  a  few  miniatures  and  in  a  letter,  speaking  of  his 
capture  in  1775  at  Lancaster  he  said:  "I  have  been 
taken  prisoner  by  the  Americans  and  stripped  of  every- 
thing except  the  picture  of  Honora  which  I  concealed  in 
my  mouth.  Preserving  that  I  yet  think  myself  fortu- 
nate."   This  miniature  was  of  his  own  painting. 

1.  Miss   Peggy  Shippen.     Pencil. 

Historical   Society   of  Pennsylvania. 

2.  Honora  Sneyd.    1769. 

ANDREWS,  Ambrose 

Flourished  182^-18^2. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

From  1829  to  1831  he  was  in  Troy,  N.  Y.    He  later 
moved  to  Saint  Louis  and  then  to  New  York. 
I.    General  Sam  Houston.  N.  \.  Exhibition,  1849. 

ANNELLI,  Francesco 

Flourished  18 41-18"/ 8^  New  York. 
Historical,  portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

ARMSTRONG,  William  G. 

b.    182J,  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.;  still  living  in  Philadelphia 

in  1880. 
Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  water  colors. 

Little  is  known  of  William  G.  Armstrong  except  that 
he  came  to  Philadelphia,  was  a  pupil  of  Longacre,  drew 
small  portraits  and  finally  became  a  line  engraver.  For 
Longacre's  ''National  Portrait  Gallery"  he  engraved 
portraits  of  John  McLane  after  Sully,  Winfield  Scott 
after  Ingham  and  Thomas  Pinckney  after  Trumbull. 

Andrews — Armstrong:  6 


I.    Francis  Hopkinson.    Water  color  copy  of  the  portrait 
by  Pine.  Ehrich  Galleries. 

ATHERTON,  E. 

Flourished  1841-1842^  Boston. 

Miniature  painter. 

There  was  an  Ezra  Atherton,  a  wood  engraver  who 
worked  between  1 830-1 835  and  he  may  have  been 
identical  with  E.  Atherton  the  miniature  painter  who  is 
mentioned  in  the  Boston  directories  for  1841-1842. 

BADGER,  Joseph  W. 

Flourished  i8j2-iSj8,  New  York. 

Miniature  painter. 

Joseph  W.  Badger  worked  in  New  York  City.  It 
would  be  well  to  remember  that  there  were  two  portrait 
painters  of  the  same  name  living  a  little  later  in  Boston. 
Thomas  Badger  lived  there  from  1 836  to  1 859  and  James 
W.  Badger  lived  there  from  1845  to  1846.  There  was 
also  a  John  C.  Badger  in  Philadelphia  making  crayon 
portraits  in  1855. 

I.    Mrs.  Cherry.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1837. 

BAKER,  George  Augustus 

b.    lydo^  Strassburg^  Germany;  d.  after  iSjo  {New  York?), 
Miniature  painter. 

The  father  of  George  A.  Baker,  Jr. 

BAKER,  George  Augustus,  Jr. 

b.    1 82 1  New  York;  d.    the7r  April  2,  18S0. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

At  sixteen  George  A.  Baker,  Jr.,  became  a  miniature 
painter  with  such  success  that  he  painted  one  hundred 

Atherton — Baker:  7 
6 


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and  forty  miniatures  during  his  first  year.    His  work  in 
this  branch  belongs  to  the  earlier  part  of  his  career  —  he 
later  took  up  portrait  painting  in  oils.     In   1 844-1 846 
he  studied  in  Europe.    In  1851  he  was  elected  N.  A. 
1-4.    Four  Miniatures.         N.  A.  Exhibition,  N.  Y.,  1838. 

5.  Mrs.  R.  W.  Meade,  after  Stuart. 

6.  General  Andrew  Jackson.    4x31^. 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 
BALDWIN,  William 

Flourished  iSzy-iS^dy  New  Orleans. 
Miniature  painter. 

BALL,  Thomas 

b.   June  J ^  18 ig^  Charlestown,  Mass.;  d.    iqii. 
Sculptor  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

BARBI£RE-WALB0NNE,  Jacques  Luc 

b.    //i^p,  France;  d.   ajter  I'/go. 

Miniature  painter. 

Barbiere-Walbonne  was  trained  in  the  studio  of 
Louis  David.  He  was  sent  to  the  United  States  by  Louis 
XVI  to  paint  a  miniature  of  George  Washington  and  to 
deliver  to  the  first  President  his  majesty's  present  of  the 
Badge  of  the  Order  of  Saint-Esprit.  He  painted  a 
replica  of  this  miniature  for  himself  which  is  the  one 
listed  below. 

I.    George  Washington.  Mr.  C.  Duhamel,  1881. 

BARKER,  M. 

Flourished  1820^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

I .   Robert  P.  Lee,  1 820.    Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  L,  1 890. 

Baldwin — Barker:  8 
7 


BARRALET,  John  James 

b.    about  174"/ y  Dublin;  d.    January  16,  fS/^,  Philadelphia. 

Engraver  and  water-color  painter  of  landscapes  and  portraits. 

He  went  to  London  about  1770,  returned  to  Ireland 

in  1779  and  sailed  for  the  United  States  in  1795,  settling 

in  Philadelphia. 

BARRATT,  Thomas  E. 

Flourished  iSjy-iS^p^  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  may  have  been  identical  with  or  a  relation  to 
Edward  Barratt  who  painted  miniatures  in  Dublin  in 
1790. 

1-3.    Three  portraits  in  miniature. 

Penn.  Academy,  1847-48. 
4.    J.  S.  Da  Solle.  Lithographed  by  A.  Newsam. 

BEARD,  George 

Flourished  1S4.0.,  Cincinnati^  Ohio. 
Miniature  painter. 

BELZONS 

Flourished  ///p,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Miniature  painter. 

Nothing  is  known  of  "Mr.  Belzons  a  French  gentle- 
man" who  painted  miniatures  in  Charleston,  South 
Carolina  beyond  the  fact  that  he  was  the  first  drawing 
instructor,  in  1799,  of  Thomas  Sully  whose  sister  he 
married.  The  teacher  and  pupil  came  to  blows  and 
Sully  left  after  a  brief  period.  Dunlap  remarks:  "he 
was  a  very  poor  painter." 

Barralet — Belzons:  9 


BENBRIDGE,  Henry 

Often  erroneously  spelled  ''  Bembridge.'' 

b.    May  20,  1744-,  Philadelphia;  d.    there  February^  181 2. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Benbridge  went  to  Italy  where  he  studied  under 
Anton  Mengs  and  Pompeio  Battoni  and  there  attracted 
the  attention  of  James  Boswell,  the  biographer  of  Dr. 
Johnson,  who  commissioned  him  to  paint  a  portrait  of 
General  Paoli.  Tn  1769  he  moved  to  London  and  was 
befriended  by  Benjamin  West.  In  1770  he  painted  a 
portrait  of  Benjamin  Franklin  that  was  exhibited  at 
the  Royal  Academy.  July  of  that  year  he  returned  to 
America.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American 
Philosophical  Society  in  1771.  Declining  health  led 
him  to  visit  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  in  1779  and 
here  he  painted  many  portraits  now  masquerading 
under  the  name  of  Copley.  About  the  end  of  the  century 
he  moved  to  Norfolk,  Virginia.  His  remaining  years 
he  spent  in  Philadelphia. 

I.    Self-portrait. 

BINGHAM,  George  Caleb 

b.   March  20^  iSii,  Augusta  Co.^  Va.;  d.  July  7,  iSyij, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Portrait  and  genre  painter. 

In  St.  Louis  Bingham  met  Chester  Harding  in  1820. 
In  1827  he  studied  law  and  was  a  lawyer,  politician  and 
cabinet  maker  before  finally  adopting  the  career  of  an 
artist.  He  met  Harding  again  in  1827.  He  went  to 
Dusseldorf  in  1857.  He  travelled  in  the  eastern  cities 
until  1877  when  he  was  made  professor  of  art  in  the 
University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia,  Missouri.  See  Fern, 

Benbridge — Bingham:  10 
9 


Helen  Rusk:  "George  Caleb  Bingham,"  Kansas  City, 
1917. 

1.  John  Quincy  Adams.     Cabinet-size.     On  wood. 

G.  B.  Rollins  Estate,  Columbia,  Mo.,  1917. 

2.  John  Howard  Payne.    9x7.    Water-color. 

Mrs.  J.  V.  C.  Karnes,  191 7. 
BIRCH,  B. 
Flourished  1784,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  inserted  an  advertisement  in  Loudon's  "New 
York  Packet,"  for  November  25,  1784. 

BIRCH,  Thomas 

b.    1787^  London;  d.    January  /^,  18^1,  Philadelphia. 

Landscape,  marine  and  miniature  painter. 

Thomas  Birch  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
father  in  1793  and  settled  near  Philadelphia  painting 
small  profile  portraits.  In  1807  he  was  in  Delaware.  He 
then  started  painting  marine  views  with  ships  and 
finally  about  181 2,  also  took  up  historical  painting. 
He  must,  however,  have  continued  miniature  painting 
for  in  the  catalogue  of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  Ex- 
hibition of  1 817  he  is  listed  as  a  "Landscape  and  Minia- 
ture Painter,  Lombard  above  Tenth  Street,  Philadel- 
phia." He  was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy 
and  an  Associate  N.  A. 

BIRCH,  William  Russell 

b.   April  9,  7/55,  Warwick,  England;  d.    August  7,  i8j4, 

Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter  in  enamel,  etcher  and  engraver. 

William  Birch  exhibited  forty-one  miniatures  at  the 
Royal   Academy   during    1781    and    1782.     Sir  Joshua 

Birch,  B.— Birch,  W.:  11 

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Reynolds  employed  him  to  make  miniature  copies  of  his 
paintings  and  his  interest  in  the  technical  side  of  his  art 
was  such  that  he  discovered  a  red  brown  enamel  which 
he  afterwards  often  used  in  the  backgrounds  of  his 
miniatures.  F'or  this  discovery  he  received,  in  1785,  a 
medal  from  the  Society  of  Arts.  In  1791  he  published  a 
book  of  his  engravings  after  pictures  by  Richard  Wilson, 
Thomas  Rowlandson  and  other  artists  called  "Delices 
de  la  Grande  Bretagne."  In  1794  he  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  in  Philadelphia  where,  as  he 
himself  wrote:  "Mr.  Bingham  was  my  first  employer 
in  America,  to  instruct  his  two  daughters  . 
attended  by  one  of  their  friends.  I  then  built  me  a 
furnace,  painted  a  full-size  picture  in  enamel  of  Mr. 
Bingham  and  a  smaller  one  for  Mrs.  Bingham."  Shortly 
after  he  met  with  great  success,  gave  up  the  lessons, 
painted  about  sixty  enamel  copies  after  Stuart's  Wash- 
ington besides  excellent  original  work  in  miniature,  and 
engraved  two  volumes  of  landscapes  and  city  scenes 
after  drawings  by  various  artists.  John  Neagle  painted 
a  portrait  of  him  in  his  old  age.  Extracts  from  an  un- 
published autobiography  of  William  Birch  are  printed 
in  A.  H.  Wharton's  "Heirlooms." 

[.    George    Washington.     Enamel     on     copper,     signed 
"  W.  B.  1796."  Mr.  C.  Allen  Munn,  New  York. 

I.    George  Washington.    3^  x  3.   On  copper. 

Mr.  Samuel  P.  Avery,  1909. 

].    George  W'ashington.    Enamel. 

Mrs.  S.W.  Edwards,  1 881. 

|..    George  Washington,  1796. 

Mr.  J.  H.  McHenry,  Baltimore,  1881. 

Although  disfigured  said  to  be  a  very  fine  example. 

Birch — Continued:  12 
II 


5-    George  Washington,  1797-  On  copper. 

Mr.  C.  G.  Barney,  Richmond,  1881. 

6.  George   Washington.     Enamel. 

Mr.  Lyle,  Dublin,  Ireland,  1881. 

7.  George  Washington,    1796.     Enamel.     Engraved   by 
J.  G.  Walker. 

8.  George    Washington,     after    Stuart. 

Pennsyh^ania  /\cademy,  1814. 

9.  Thomas  Jefferson.    Enamel,  profile. 

Dr.  S.  W.  Mitchell,  Pa.,  1898. 
Thomas   Jefferson,    profile.     "Jefferson,    G.    Stuart, 
Pinx.     W.  Birch  delin.  D.  Edwin  Sc.   1809."   2  3/g  x 
iH. 
This  may  be  identical  with  the  foregoing. 

10.  Alexander  Hamilton.    Enamel. 

Dr.  S.  W.  Mitchell,  Pa.,  1898. 

11.  Lafayette.    Enamel  after  Ary  Scheffer. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt 

12.  Commodore   Decatur.     Engraved    by    Edwin,    1813. 
4^x4. 

13.  Andrew  Jackson.    Enamel.    1820. 

14.  Joseph  Welsh.    Enamel. 

15.  Clementina  Ross.   Enamel. 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Bradford,  Pa.,  1898. 

16.  Mrs.  Barnes,  nee  Priscilla  Birch.    Enamel. 

Mr.  W.  Birch,  Pa.,  1898. 

17.  Arthur  Lee.    23^x2^-    i795- 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

18.  Portrait  of  a  Lady.    Enamel. 

Hon.  A.  G.  Ponsonby,  England,  1865. 

19.  Mrs.  Whittaker.    Enamel  brooch.    3  x  2>^. 

Mr.  Albert  Rosenthal. 
Birch — Coiitinned:  13 


20.    Robert  Gilmor.    Enamel. 

Mr.  C.  Allen  Munn,  New  York. 

BISHOP,  Thomas 

Flourished  1753-iSsj^  London^  Paris  and  Philadelphia. 

Miniature  painter  in  enamel. 

Thomas  Bishop  exhibited  five  miniatures  at  the  Royal 
Academy  between  1787  and  1798.  "In  1833,"  wrote 
John  Sartain  in  his  "Reminiscences,"  "I  became 
acquainted  with  Thomas  Bishop  the  painter  in  enamel. 
He  was  very  old,  a  good  deal  past  eighty. 
He  resided  in  Paris  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  first 
French  Revolution  in  1789.  He  had  studied  medicine, 
and  had  also  learned  the  art  of  painting  in  enamel  while 
there.  .  .  As  his  life  in  Paris  had  been  broken  up  by 
the  rising  of  the  French  people  against  their  oppressors, 
so  afterwards  in  Portugal  his  peace  was  again  disturbed 
by  the  inroad  of  the  all  conquering  army  of  the  Emperor 
Napoleon."  He  came  to  Philadelphia  about  1811,  took 
a  studio  in  the  city  and  settled  in  Germantown.  One  of 
his  enamels  was  a  Venus;  another,  a  nymph  and  a  third, 
a  night  blooming  cereus. 

1-4.    Four  portraits  in  miniature. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1811. 

c^-G.   Two  Children's  Heads  after  Boucher. 

BLANCHARD,  Mrs.  Eliza  H. 
Flourished  1843-1846^  Providence^  R.  I. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

Birch — Blanchard:  14 
13 


BLANCHARD,  Washington 
Flourished  18JI-184J. 
Miniature  painter,  Bos  to  n . 

1.  William  Ellery  Channing.     Boston  Athenaeum,  1834. 

2.  Alexander  H.  Everett.  3>^X4>^. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

3.  John  C.    Calhoun. 

Mrs.  G.  S.  Holmes,  Charleston,  S.  C.  [1902]. 

4.  Henry  Clay,  1842,  Corcoran  Gallery  of  Art. 

5.  Abram  Aldrich,  1843. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

BOGARDUS,  Mrs.  William 
b.   1804;  d.   18/8. 
Miniature  painter. 

Mrs.  BoGARDus  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National 
Academy  Exhibitions  from  1842  to  1846. 
I.    Reverend    J.    O.    Choules,    about    1830. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  1890. 

BOGARDUS,  William 

b.    March  14,  1800,  Catskill,  N.  Y.;    d.    Jpri/  J,  1874, 

New  York. 
Engraver,  die  sinker  and  miniature  pai7iter. 

BoGARDus    exhibited    a   miniature    at    the    National 
Academy  in  1843. 

BOLMAN,  Miss 

Flourished  182"/,  Philadelphia. 
Amateur  miniature  painter. 

I.    Madame  Murat.  Copy.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1827. 

Blanchard — Bolman:  15 
14 


BOUNETHEAU,  Henry  Brintnell 

b.    December  14,  1797 ■>  Charleston^  S.  C;  d.    therey  January 

31^  1877- 
Miniature  painter. 

Henry  Brintnell  Bounetheau  was  the  son  of  Peter 
Bounetheau,  an  officer  of  Huguenot  descent  who  fought 
in  the  American  Army.  He  received  instruction  in  art 
as  a  boy  but  as  a  young  man  entered  the  business  firm 
of  Dart  and  Spear  and  later  became  an  officer  in  the 
Bank  of  Charleston.  Finally  he  went  into  partnership 
with  Hamilton  Son  and  Company.  After  two  years  the 
partnership  dissolved,  and,  according  to  the  Charleston 
"News  and  Courier"  for  February  i,  1877,  he  took  "to 
miniature  painting  for  support  and  displayed  so  much 
skill  that  his  pictures  soon  became  the  rage."  He  was 
chief  accountant  with  the  C.  N.  Hubert  Company  for 
many  years  and  held  that  position  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  married  Miss  Julia  Clarkson  Dupre,  and  their 
son,  Henry  Dupre  Bounetheau,  lost  his  life  in  the  great 
fire  at  Jacksonville,  and  many  of  the  paintings  by  his 
father  were  burned  at  the  same  time. 

1.  Mrs.  Middleton. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  K.  Bryan,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

2.  Mrs.  T.  Grange  Simons. 

Mr.  T.  M.  Waring,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

3.  T.  Grange  Simons,  Jr.,  1862. 

Dr.  T.  G.  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

4.  James  Davidson  Legare,  U.  S.  N. 

Mrs.  Gadsden  King,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902, 

5.  Mrs.  Charles  Kiddell. 

Miss  Kiddell,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

Bounetheau:  16 
15 


6.  Charles  Allston  Pringle. 

Miss  Susan  Pringle,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

7.  Mrs.  Alfred  T.  Ravenel. 

Mrs.  James  De  Sassure,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

8.  Honorable  James  R.  Pringle. 

Miss  C.  P.  Ravenel,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

9.  William  Ravenel. 

Miss  C.  P.  Ravenel,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

10.  Miss  Ravenel. 

Miss  C.  P.  Ravenel,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

11.  William  B.  Pringle,  Jr. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

12.  Dr.  T.  L.  Ogier. 

Mrs.  Reid  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

13.  Mrs.  T.  L.  Ogier. 

Mrs.  Reid  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

14.  Henry  Heyward  Manigault.    ^.y^x^H- 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

15.  William  Mason  Smith,  1850. 

Miss  Alice  R.  H.  Smith,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

16.  General  Charles  C.  Pinckney. 

Engraved  by  A.  B.  Durand. 

17.  Nathaniel  Greene.  Engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre. 

BOURDON 

Flourished  about  1810,  Pittsburgh^  Pa. 
Portrait  painter. 

James  R.  Lambden  wrote  Dunlap  that  Bourdon  was 

a  French  refugee  "who  painted  small  portraits  in  an 

indifferent  manner." 

Bounetheau — Bourdon:  17 
16 


BREWSTER,  John 
Flourished  1802,  Boston. 
Portrait  painter  /??  oils  and  7niniature. 

BRIDPORT,  Hugh 

b.    1794^  London^  England;  d.    ajter  iSjJ. 

Portrait  and  jnitiiatnre  painter  and  engraver. 

A  student  at  the  Royal  Academy  and  later  under  C. 
Wilkin,  a  miniature  painter,  Bridport,  at  Thomas  Sully's 
suggestion,  sailed  for  the  United  States  in  1816  and 
settled  in  Philadelphia.  In  1817  he  opened  an  art  school 
with  his  brother,  George  Bridport,  an  interior  decorator. 
In  1 81 8  he  conducted  a  school  for  both  art  and  archi- 
tecture with  John  Haviland.  In  18 17  he  exhibited  three 
water  color  scenes  in  Wales  and  may  have  revisited  the 
British  Isles. 

1.  Francis  Hopkinson.    3x2.  Mr.  Rose,  Pa. 

2.  Self-portrait.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

3.  Chief  Justice  Tilghman. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

4.  P.  A.  Browne.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

5.  Thomas  Sparks.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

6.  Joseph  Hopkinson.    Alter  Stuart. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

7.  A  Gentleman.    After  Raeburn. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1826. 

8.  George  Bridport.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1817. 

9.  Miniature.   After  Reynolds. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1817, 

10.    Reverend  Henry  Conwell.     After  Neagle.      3^4  x  2 >^ 

cardboard.    On  the  reverse:   "H.  Bridport,  Miniature 

Painter,  122  Chestnut  St."  Mr.  Livingston,  Pa. 

Brewster — Bridport:  18 


11.  Man  resembling  Jared  Sparks.    3  x  2>^. 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

12.  Caroline  Dugan.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

BRODEAU,  Anna  Maria 

b.   I'/YS^  Philadelphia;  d.    August^  i'S6^,  Washington^  D.  C. 
Amateur  miniature  painter. 

She  was  the  wife  of  Dr.  Thornton  whom  she  married 
in  Philadelphia  in  1790. 
I.    Dr.  William  Thornton. 

Mr.  W.  G.  Peter,  Washington,  D.  C. 
BROOKS,  Samuel 
Flourished  ijgo^  Boston. 
Medallist^  miniature  and  profile  painter. 

Samuel  Brooks  and  Joseph  Wright  inserted  the 
following  advertisement  in  the  Boston  "Independent 
Chronicle"  for  September  30,  1790:  "The  public  are 
respectfully  informed,  that  the  Artists  who  took  the 
most  correct  likeness  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  and  executed  a  medal  of  him,  are  at  the  House  of 
John  Coburn,  in  State  Street,  and  will  continue  for  one 
month  only,  to  take  the  most  correct  likenesses  in  two 
minutes  sitting;  and  finish  them  for  one  Dollar  to 
three  ^  or  a  miniature  from  seven  to  fourteen  Dollars. 
The  artists  cannot  stay  longer  than  the  time  proposed 
having  engaged  to  go  to  Carolina  in  the  next  month." 

BROWERE,  Alburtis  D.  O. 

b.   March  //,  1814^  Tarry  town  ^  N.  Y.;    d.   February  //, 

1887,  Catskill,  N.  Y. 
Sculptor  and  painter. 

Browere  painted  a  small  profile  likeness  in  water 

Brodeau — Browere:  19 

18 


color  about  2}4x^,  of  his  father  John  Henri  Isaac 
Browere  the  artist  who  made  the  life  masks  of  Jef- 
ferson, Gilbert  Stuart  and  many  other  eminent  Ameri- 
cans. In  1897  it  was  owned  by  Mrs.  F.  Van  Benschsten, 
Hudson,  N.  Y.  He  studied  at  the  National  Academy 
and  in  184I  received  a  prize  of  $1000  for  a  composition 
"Canonicus  treating  with  the  English."  He  later  went 
to  California  and  painted  mining  scenes. 

BROWN,  Abby  Mason 

Flourished  1S00-1S22. 
Miniature  painter. 
I.    C.  F.  Herreshoff. 

Mr.  Lewis  Herreshoff,  Newport,  1920. 

BROWN,  G. 

Flourished  iS^y. 

Miniature  painter. 

Two  miniature  portraits  by  G.  Brown  were  exhibited 
at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  in  1847.  There  was  a 
G.  Brown  who  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  Royal 
Academy  from  1825  to  1839  and  it  is  possible  that  the 
two  artists  are  identical.  Other  English  artists  exhibited 
at  the  Academy  at  that  time. 

BROWN,  George  Loring 

b.    February  2,  iSi/f,  Boston;    d.    June  25,  iSSc^,  Maiden^ 

Mass. 
Landscape  painter. 

At  eight  years  of  age  Brown  began  to  draw  and  at 
twelve  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  wood  engraver.  Finally, 
borrowing  a  slender  allowance  he  went  to  London,  and 

Brown,  A. — Brown,  G.:  20 
19 


later  Rome.  At  one  time  he  studied  with  Isabey.  He  is 
generally  known  as  a  landscape  painter  but  according  to 
a  newspaper  advertisement  he  painted  ''portraits  and 
miniatures"  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts  in  1838. 

BROWN,  Henry  I. 

Flourished  18^4.-18^1^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

BROWN,  John  Henry 

b,    18 18  Lancaster.,  Pa.;   d.    i8gi. 

Miniature  painter. 

In  his  own- words  Brown  "followed  business  as  a 
painter  of  all  work  until  1844,  about  which  time  my 
career  as  a  miniature  painter  exclusively  commenced." 
He  was  the  boyhood  friend  of  President  Buchanan.  In 
i860  he  painted  a  portrait  of  President  Lincoln.  At  the 
Philadelphia  Centennial  Exposition  in  1876  he  received 
the  medal  for  ivory  miniatures.  His  son  Weaker  Brown 
was  also  a  miniature  painter. 

1.  Horace  Binney. 

2.  Edwin  Booth. 

3.  President  Buchanan,  5  X334. 

National  Gallery,  Washington,  D.  C. 

4.  Mrs.  J.  H.  L.  Campbell.    33^x2^^.     1845. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

5.  Mrs.  Seth  Craige.      Mrs.  J.  B.  Lippincott,  Sr.,  1898. 

6.  Joseph  Hopkinson. 

7.  Honorable  Alexander  Henly. 

8.  Mrs.  Isaac  Hazelhurst. 

Mr.  G.  A.  Hazelhurst,  Pa.,  1898. 

9.  Joshua  Lippincott. 

Brown,  H. — Brown,  J.:  21 


10.  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Johnston. 

Mrs.  Henry  E.  Johnston,  1898. 

11.  Dr.  John  K.  Mitchell. 

12.  John  N.  Reed. 

13.  Commodore  Stockton. 

14.  Joseph  Swift. 

15.  Mrs.  Annie  Wiley.   3  x  2^.    1881. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

16.  Captain  James  Wiley.   3  x  2^.    1881. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

17.  William  Welsh. 

18.  Henry  F.  Williams. 

19.  Portrait  of  a  Young  Girl. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 
BROWN,  Mather 

b.    October  7,  1761^  Boston;    d.    January  /,  /cVj/,  London. 

Portrait  and  miniature  paijiter. 

Mather  Brown  was  the  son  of  a  clock  maker  of 
Boston.  About  1780  he  settled  in  London  receiving 
instruction  from  Benjamin  West.  At  the  Royal  Academy 
Exhibition  he  exhibited  in  all  80  pictures.  King  George 
HI,  the  Prince  Regent,  and  Viscount  Cremorne  were 
among  the  sitters  for  his  oil  portraits  but  no  record  has 
come  to  light  of  some  miniatures  he  painted  before 
leaving  the  United  States. 

BROWN,  "Mysterious" 
Flourished  iSi2^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

"Mysterious"  Brown  was  an  Englishman  who 
came  to  New  York  City  and  drew  chalk  portraits  and 

painted  miniatures. 

Brown,  Ma — Brown,  My:  22 
21 


BROWNING,  Mrs. 

Flourished  i8jg.  New  York. 

Miniature  painter. 

I.    Miniature  Portrait  of  a  Gentleman. 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1839. 
BURLIN,  Richard 

Flourished  184^-186^^  New  York. 
Miniature  and  portrait  painter. 

Cx^LYO,    NiCOLINO  ViCOMPTE  DE 

b.    lygg  Naples.,  Italy;   d.    December.,  1884^  New  York. 

Miniature  and  portrait  painter. 

Calyo,  during  the  political  disturbances  in  Naples, 
fled  the  city  with  the  father  of  D.  G.  Rossetti.  In  1829 
he  lived  at  Malta  and  later  in  Spain.  In  1837  he  sailed 
for  the  United  States  and  established  himself  on 
Chambers  Street  New  York  where  he  was  a  host  to 
many  refugees  among  them  Napoleon  III.  In  1842  he 
sailed  for  Spain,  became  court  painter  but  returned  to 
the  United  States  to  avoid  an  arising  civic  strife.  See 
N.  Y.  Tribune,  Dec.  14,  1884. 

CARLIN,  John 

b.   June  75,  i8ij^  Philadelphia;   d.    April  2j,  /<?//,  New 

York. 
Genre  painter  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
Carlin  graduated  from  the  Pennsylvania  Institute 
for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  in  1825  and  then  studied  in 
New  York  with  John  Neagle.  In  1838  he  visited  Lon- 
don and  later  Paris  where  he  studied  under  Delaroche. 
He  settled  permanently  in  New  York  City  in  1841  and 
took  to  miniature  painting. 

Browning — Carlin:  23 


1.  Mrs.  William  Alston  Pringle.    1845. 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Pringle,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

2.  Portrait  of  a  Child. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 
CATLIN,  George 

b.    June   26,    1796^    JVilkesbarre,    Pa.;     d.    December  2j^ 

1822,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Author  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Better  known  for  his  book  on  the  North  American 
Indian,  which  he  both  wrote  and  illustrated,  George 
Catlin  started  as  a  lawyer  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Litchfield.  He  then  entered  West  Point  and  finally 
moved  to  Philadelphia  to  study  art  where  he  is  listed  in 
the  directories  as  a  miniature  painter.  In  Albany  he 
painted  a  portrait  of  De  Witt  Clinton.  In  1824  he  was 
in  Hartford  and  in  1825  in  New  York.  He  was  elected 
N.  A.  in  the  latter  year. 

1.  Captain  Morgan,  U.  S.  N. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1822. 

2.  Self  Portrait. 

3.  Miniature  Portrait  of  a  Lady. 

4.  Miniature  Portrait  of  a  Gentleman. 

5.  Napoleon,  after  L.  Mansion,    2>^x  i^/i. 

Mr.  E.  Biddle,  Pa. 

6.  Timothy  Pickering.  "Engraved  by  Longacre  from  a 
miniature  by  G.  Catlin  in  the  possession  of  W.  Meredith 
Esqre  Philadelphia  1822." 

CHARLES,  S.  M. 

Miniature  painter,  1836. 

I.   Andrew  Jackson,  Signed  "S.  M.  Charles." 

Col.  W.  Rives,  U.  S.  A.  1897. 
Catlin — Charles:  24 

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CHESDEBIEN 

Flourished  lySj,  Baltimore. 
Miniature  painter. 

"Mr.  Chesdebien,  Miniature  Painter,  announces  that 
he  will  be  at  Captain  Harrison's,  Market  Street  for  a 
short  stay  and  that  he  will  paint  likenesses  for  3  guineas" 
etc. — "Maryland  Gazette  and  Baltimore  Advertiser," 
November  7,  1783. 

CLARK 

Flourished  lyg^-iSoo  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

John  Wesley  Jarvis,  quoted  by  Dunlap,  speaks  of 

"Clark,  a  miniature  painter"  as  living  in  Philadelphia 

during  his  school  days. 


CLARK,  Alvax 

b.    March  6",  1S04.,  Ashfield,  Mass.;    d.    August  /p,  /(?<?/, 

Cambridge,  Mass. 
Engraver,  maker  of  telescopic  lenses,  and  portrait  painter  in 
oils  and  miniature. 
Self  taught,  Clark  worked  as  an  engraver  for  a  short 
time  in  Boston  and  later  in  Providence,  Fall  River  and 
New  York.   His  miniatures  were  all  painted  after  1835 
He  made  the  first  achromatic  lenses  in  the  United  States 

1.  Chester  Harding,  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1837 

2.  Mrs.    Henry    Smith,    rectangular.     2^/i^~^^-     ^^J^ 

Boston  Museum 

3.  Mrs.  Alvan  Clark.   3  x  2  H-  The  Ehrich  Galleries 

4.  Barnabas  Clark.  Worcester  Art  Museum 

Chesdebien — Clark:  25 
24 


5-   Ann  Hill  Blake.    1836. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

6.  Mrs.  H.  B.  Humphrey. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

7.  Abram  Clark,  father  of  Alvan  Clark, 

Mr.  T.  H.  Gage.  Worcester,  Mass. 

CLOXXEY,  James  Goodwyx 

b.    Januarv  2S,  1S12,  Lvcerpool^  England;  d.    October  7, 

iSdy^  Binghamto?jy  N.  Y. 
Genre  and  tniniature  painter. 

Cloxxey  started  painting  miniatures  in  New  York 
in  1834,  and  exhibited  at  the  National  Academy  during 
1841-1852.  In  184I  he  lived  at  Peekskill,  in  1844  he 
drew  on  stone  for  Childs  and  Inman  in  Philadelphia  and 
in  1852  he  was  living  in  New  Rochelle.  He  was  elected 
N.  A.  in  1834. 

CLOW,  J. 

Flourished  18J/-1S40,  Halifax^  N.  S. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

Clow  came  from  Europe  to  Halifax  in  1837  and  took 

a  studio  for  a  time  in  the  Exchange  Coffee  House.    He 

revisited  Halifax  in  1840. 

I.    Hon.     Richard    John    Uniacke.      Rectangular,    atter 

Robert  Field's  oil  portrait.    Signed  "J.  Clow,  1831." 

Lt.  Col.  C.  J.  Uniacke,  Southsea,  England. 

1.    Temple  Stanvere  Piers. 

]Mr.  W.  G.  Brookfield,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

Clonnev — Clow:  26 

25 


COLLAS,  Louis  D. 

Flourished  1818-1828,  New  Orleans. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

Dr.  Cline  of  New  Orleans  writes:  "Louis  Collasisone 

of  the  best  of  the  early  American  miniature  painters. 

.     He  was  painting  portraits  in  miniature  and  oil 

in  1820  and  we  can  find  nothing  about  him  after  1828." 

I,    Miss  Ewing,  181 8. 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Buist,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

COLLES,  J. 

Flourished  i'jy8-i'j8o,  New  York. 
Profile  miniature  painter. 

He  inserted  advertisements  in  the  "New  York  Gazette 

and  Weekly  Mercury"  for  November  9,  1778,  and  in  the 

"Royal  Gazette"  for  May  10,  1780. 

COMINGO,  Brown 

181 1.    Halifax,  Nova  Scotia. 
Miniature  painter. 

CoMiNGO  was  a  relative  of  the  Reverend  Bruin  Rom- 

cas  Comingo,  a  Presbyterian  pastor  at  Lunenberg,  Nova 

Scotia. 

COOPER,  James 

Flourished  18^^,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

Cooper  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  in 
1855,  a  "Miniature  Copy  of  a  Daguerreotype  on  Ivory"; 
"Likeness  of  a  Child,  on  Paper";   "Jenny  Lind." 

Collas — Cooper:  27 
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COOPER,  Peregrine  F. 

Flourished  1840-18QO,  Philadelphia. 

Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

P.  F.  Cooper  published  a  book  in  1863  called  "The 
Art  of  Making  and  Coloring  Ivory  Types,  Photographs, 
Talbotypes,  and  Miniature  Painting  on  Ivory  .  .  . 
by  P.  F.  Cooper,  Miniature,  Portrait,  Pastil,  and  Eques- 
trian Painter  and  Photographer."  He  states  in  his 
introduction  that  he  has  had  "the  experience  of  twenty- 
three  years  in  study  and  practice  in  miniature  painting, 
twelve  years  of  that  time  principally  devoted  to  Talbo- 
type,  or  Photograph  and  Ivorytype  coloring." 

COPLEY,    JOHX    SlXGLETOX 

b.  July  J,  1737^  Boston;  d.   Sept.  9,  /cJ/j,  London.,  England. 

Historical^  portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

John  Singleton  Copley  was  the  son  of  Irish  parents 
of  English  descent  who  arrived  in  Boston  in  1736.  The 
father  died  in  the  West  Indies  shortly  after  his  son  was 
born.  In  1748  Mrs.  Copley  married  again  and  the  step- 
father, Peter  Pelham,  who  was  both  a  painter  and  en- 
graver, probably  gave  the  boy  his  first  drawing  lessons. 
When  he  was  fifteen  he  had  already  painted  his  first 
portraits.  His  success,  which  came  early,  was  such  that 
John  Trumbull  wrote  of  his  amazement  at  seeing  the 
style  in  which  the  artist  lived.  In  1766  Copley  sent  the 
portrait  of  his  half  brother,  Henry  Pelham,  to  the  ex- 
hibition in  Somerset  House.  The  picture  was  greatly 
admired  and,  although  submitted  anonymously,  the 
custom  of  exhibiting  only  those  artists'  work  who  sent 
their  names  was  waived  on  account  of  its  excellence. 

Cooper — Copley:  28 
27 


Through  West's  influence  he  was  elected  a  fellow  of  the 
Society  of  Artists  and  invited  to  London.  In  1769  he 
married  Miss  Clarke,  whose  father  was  the  owner  of  the 
famous  consignment  of  tea  destroyed  in  1773-  ^7  ^^^ 
"Boston  Tea  Party."  From  June  to  December,  1771, 
he  was  in  New  York  City.  In  1774  he  left  for  Europe 
never  to  return,  going  first  to  England  and  then  to 
Italy.  From  Genoa  he  wrote:  "Genoa  is  a  lovely  city! 
If  I  should  be  suddenly  transported  to  Boston  I  should 
think  it  only  a  collection  of  wren  boxes."  He  wrote 
from  Parma  in  1775  urging  his  half  brother,  Henry 
Pelham,  to  resist  conscription.  The  treatment  his 
father-in-law  received  at  the  hands  of  the  mob  would 
explain  this  letter,  for  Copley  always  remained  an 
xAmerican.  He  visited  Germany,  Holland  and  France 
the  same  year,  settling  finally  in  London.  In  1779  he 
was  elected  R.  A. 

"The  Life  and  Works  of  John  Singleton  Copley,"  by 
Mr.  F.  W.  Bayley,  Boston,  191 5,  gives  a  list  of  prac- 
tically all  of  Copley's  paintings. 

1.  Joseph  Barrell.    i  }i  x  i  Vs- 

2.  Mrs.  Samuel  Barrett.    Oval,  on  copper.    ^}4x^}4. 

Miss  M.  E.  Cabot,  Brookline,  191 5. 

3.  Joseph  Blake.    On  copper. 

Rear  Admiral  C.  H.  Davis,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Painted  about  1756. 

4.  Mr.  Samuel  Carey.    Oval,    i  VieX  i  Vie-    Ivory. 

Boston  Museum. 

5.  Mrs.  Samuel  Carey.  Oval,    i  ^  x  i  Vie-   Ivory. 

Boston  Museum. 

6.  William  Cleland.    Oval.    i>^xi.    Ivory,  attributed  to 
Copley.  Boston  Museum. 

Copley — Continued:  29 
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7-    Self  Portrait.    Oval.    Painted  in  England. 

Mrs.  F.  G.  Dexter,  Boston. 

8.  Self  portrait.    Oval.    ly&xi. 

Boston  Museum,  loaned  by  Mrs.  H.  Copley  Greene, 

1920. 

9.  Lord  Cornwallis.    Miniature. 

10.  Judge  Danforth.    On  copper. 

11.  James  Erving.  Oval,  oil.  "There  is  a  tradition  in  the 
family  that  it  was  the  first  miniature  in  oil  that  Cop- 
ley made."    Perkins. 

Mr.  J.  Langdon  Erving,  New  York,  191 5. 

12.  Dr.  Samuel  Fayerweather.   On  copper.   3  x  2>^. 

Mr.  E.  D.  Harris,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  191 5. 

13.  Joshua  Grafton.    Oval.  Mr.  J.  G.  Minot.    191 5. 

14.  Benjamin  Greene.  Mrs.  D.  F.  Prouty.    191 5. 
15-16.    Thomas  Greene  and  his  Wife,  two  portraits  on  the 

same  copper  panel.    6x8. 

Miss  M.  G.  Chapman.    Boston.    191 5. 

17.  John  Hancock  (1737-1793)-     Exhibited  in  New  York. 

18.  Thomas  Hancock  (1703-1764).    ^}4  y^  3.    On  Copper. 

19.  Joseph  Sayer  Hixon. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Hixon,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

20.  Mrs.  Joseph  Sayer  Hixon. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Hixon,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

21.  Miss  Thankful  Hubbard,  1758. 

22.  Miss  Eliza  Hunter,  1784. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

23.  Judge  John  Lowell.    (1743-1802). 

Mrs.  G.  M.  Barnard.    1915? 

24.  Jeremiah  Lee,  1 5  s  x  i  }4-  Boston  Museum. 

25.  Andrew  Oliver,  Jr.    3x23^.  Boston  Museum. 

Copley — Continued:  30 
29 


26.  Lieutenant  Governor  Andrew  Oliver.    i>^xi>^.    Oil. 

Boston  Museum. 

27.  Daniel  Oliver.  Mrs.  G.  F.  Crane,  N.  Y.,  191 5. 

28.  Mrs.  Oliver?    134  xi>^.  Boston  Museum. 

29.  Chief  Justice  Peter  Oliver.     Oval,  copper.    5x4. 

Mrs.  G.  F.  Crane,  N.  Y.,  191 5. 

30.  Lord  Rodney  (171 8-1792).  England. 

31.  Sir  John  Saint  Clair.     1 3^  x  i  H.     1758. 

Hist.  Society  of  Penn. 

32.  Stephen  Salisbury?    134x1.     Oval. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 
23.    Deborah  Scollay.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

34.    David  Sears.  Mr.  David  Sears,  Boston,  1874. 

2^.    Captain  John  Small. 
26.    John  Sparhawk.    Painted  1783-4. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

37.  Reverend  Mr.  Stillman. 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Hixon,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

38.  Mrs.  Stillman.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Hixon,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

39.  Samuel  Todd.  Miss  Alba  Davis,  1915. 
40-41.    Two  miniatures  attributed  to  Copley. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Hooper,  Boston,  1915. 

42.  Portrait  of  a  Man.  Boston  Museum. 

43.  Mrs.  Joseph  Barrell,  nee  Nancy  Pierce,    (i 744-1 777). 

Miss  Dorothea  Keep,  191 5. 

CORNE,  MiCHAELE  Felice 

b.   ///<?  Italy;     d.    /8j2,  Newport^  Rhode  Island 
Marine  painter  and  portrait  painter  in  oils. 

CoRNE  fled  to  the  United  States  to  avoid  military 
duty.  Li  1807  he  exhibited  panorama  of  "The  Bombard- 
ment of  Tripoli,"  and  "The  Burning  of  the  Pennsylvania 

Copley — Corne:  31 
30 


Frigate"  at  Washington  Hall,  Salem.  Some  small- 
sized  portraits  in  Indian  ink  by  Corne  are  preserved  in 
the  Essex  Institute. 

CUMMINGS,  Thomas  Sier 

b.   August  26^  1804^  Bathy  England;   d.  September  4^  iSg^y 
Hackensacky  N.  J. 

Miniature  painter. 

Thomas  S.  Cummings  came  to  New  York  as  a  child. 
About  1 81 8,  after  meeting  Augustus  Earl  he  decided 
upon  art  as  a  profession.  From  about  1821  to  1826  he 
studied  under  Henry  Inman  and  at  the  end  of  that  time 
he  devoted  himself  entirely  to  miniature  painting.  He 
also  studied  at  the  American  Academy  and  when  S.  F.  B. 
Morse,  a  fellow  student,  called  a  meeting  in  1821  of 
those  dissatisfied  with  the  policy  of  the  director,  John 
Trumbull,  Cummings  was  one  of  the  number.  This  led 
to  the  foundation  of  the  New  York  Drawing  Association 
which  in  January,  1826,  became  the  National  Academy 
of  Design.  Cummings  was  treasurer  of  the  institution 
from  1827  to  1865,  vice  president  from  1850  to  1859 
and  chairman  of  the  committee  that  erected  the  present 
home  of  the  x-^cademy.  He  was  commissioned  brigadier 
general  of  the  New  York  State  Militia  in  1838.  In  1865 
he  published  "The  Historic  x^nnals  of  the  National 
Academy"  that  stands  with  Dunlap's  "History  of  the 
Arts  of  Design"  in  importance  as  a  history  of  the  early 
American  artists.  The  year  after  the  publication  of  his 
book  he  moved  to  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  and  finally 
settled  in  Hackensack  in  1889. 

I.    Daniel  Tylee.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1841. 

Cummings:  32 
31 


2.  L.  p.  Clover.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

3.  George  W.  Jenkins.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

4.  Mrs.  Johnson.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

5.  Henry  Clay.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

6.  John  Inman.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

7.  Henry  Inman.  N.  A.  Exhibit 

8.  M.  Yates.  N.  A.  Exhibit 


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9.    Erasmus  Darwin  Foote.  Brooklyn  Museum. 

10.  Elizabeth  Stirling,  later  Mrs.  Foote. 

Brooklyn  Museum. 

11.  Miss  Anna  Clark.       Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

CUSHMAN,  George  Hewitt 

b.    "June  5,  1814^  Wiy^dham^  Conn.;  d.    August  j,  18^6^ 

Jersey  City. 
Engrave}'  and  miniature  painter. 

George  Hewitt  Cushman  at  first  studied  engraving 
under  Asaph  Willard  and  did  not  start  painting  until 
late  in  life.  It  was  his  desire  to  enter  West  Point  but 
was  unable  to  carry  out  his  wishes.  His  activity  as  an 
artist  extended  from  New  York  to  Philadelphia.  The 
miniatures  he  painted  were  made  generally  only  for  his 
friends. 

1.  Self  portrait.  The  Misses  Cushman,  Pa.,  1898. 

2.  Rebecca  Wetherill.  Miss  R.  Wetherill,  Pa.,  1898. 

3.  Mrs.  William  W^  Young.     Miss  R.  Wetherill,  Pa.,  1898. 

4.  Daniel  Wadsworth. 

DALTON,  E. 

Flourished  182'/^  Philadelphia. 

Miniature  painter. 

I.    Captain  Smith  of  the  British  Navy. 

Penn.  Academy,  1827. 

Cushman — Dal  ton:  23 

32 


DE  BREHAN,  Marchioness 
Flourished  iy88. 
Amateur  miniature  painter. 

The  Marchioness  De  Brehan  was  the  sister  of 
Count  de  Moustier, French  minister  to  the  United  States. 
She  visited  Mount  Vernon  in  1788  with  her  brother 
and  painted  several  profile  miniatures  of  George  Wash- 
ington and  Nelly  Custis. 

1 .  George  Washington 

Mrs.  F.  F.  Moorhead,  Allegheny,  Pa.,  1897. 

2.  Nelly  Custis. 

Mrs.  F.  F.  Moorhead,  Allegheny,  Pa.,  1897. 

3.  Washington  and  Lafayette.   On  copper. 

DEMILLIERE 

Flourished  1796^  New  York. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

DENNING,  Charlotte 

Flourished  about  /<Sj^,  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 
Miniature  painter. 

DEWEY,  S. 

Flourished  1800-18 10,  Baltimore. 
Silhouettist  and  miniature  painter. 

The  name  Dewey  appears  on  a  silhouette  belonging  to 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Fisher,  of  Ambrose  Clark  made  in  1800. 
In  1 8 10  an  advertisement  in  a  Baltimore  newspaper 
says  that  S.  Dewey  painted  "profiles  and  miniatures  in 
various  styles."  There  was  a  Silas  Dewey  —  a  "portrait 
painter,  Vulcan  Alley"  in  Baltimore  in  1814-1815  and 

De  Brehan — Dewey:  34 

32, 


he  may  have  been  identical  with  S.  Dewey  silhouettist 
and  miniature  painter. 

DICKINSON,  Anson 

b.    1780^  Milton^  Litchfield  Co.^  Conn.;   d.    there  March  7, 
i8s2. 

Miniature  painter. 

Anson  Dickinson  started  life  as  a  silversmith  but 
turned  finally  to  art  and  took  drawing  lessons  in  Hart- 
ford. He  began  painting  miniatures  about  1804  and  in 
that  year  sat  to  Edward  Malbone  for  his  portrait.  The 
story  is  told  that  while  Malbone  was  painting  this  por- 
trait the  funeral  procession  of  Alexander  Hamilton 
passed  by  in  the  street  below,  but  the  artist  was  so 
absorbed  that  he  would  neither  look  out  of  the  window 
himself  nor  allow  his  sitter  to  do  so.  From  1805  to  18 10 
Dickinson  painted  miniatures  successfully  in  Albany 
and  in  the  latter  year  met  and  received  encouragement 
from  Washington  Irving.  In  181 1  he  was  in  New  York. 
In  1 81 8  he  visited  Canada.  In  1840  he  moved  to  New 
Haven  and  shortly  after  to  Hartford  where  he  spent  his 
remaining  years. 

I.    Archbishop  Du  Bois. 

1.    Governor  Sam  Houston  of  Texas. 

3.  Chancellor  Livingston. 

4.  Gilbert  Stuart.   3x2^.  N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

5.  Gilbert  Stuart.  Mr.  H.  H.  Houston,  Pa.,  1892. 

6.  Gilbert  Stuart.     Mrs.  Oscar  L.  Keith,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

7.  Governor  Oliver  Wolcott  of  Connecticut. 

8.  J.W.Gates.   I'^'U^^o.yi.   Oval. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 

Dickinson:  1^^ 

34 


9-    Mrs.   Robert  Watts,  nee  Matilda  Ridley.    2Hx2}4. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 

10.  Judge  James  Gould.    234  X3K-     Rectangle. 

Litchfield  Hist.  Society. 

11.  Dr.  Daniel  Sheldon.   3X  ^ ->^-   Oval. 

Litchfield  Hist.  Society. 

12.  F.  ^Augustus  Tallmadge.   3X  x  2)4.   Oval. 

Litchfield  Hist.  Society. 

13.  Portrait  of  a   Man.    Attributed   to  A.   Dickinson   by 

C.  H.  Hart.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

DICKINSON,  Daniel 

b.    /79J  Litchfield^  Conn.;   d.    after  18/f.o. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  a)td  ininiature. 

Daniel  Dickinson  was  a  contemporary  of  Jocelyn  in 
New  Haven.  He  moved  to  Philadelphia  in  1820.  In 
1830  he  started  painting  in  oils.  He  was  a  brother  of 
Anson  Dickinson.  He  exhibited  six  miniatures  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Academy  during  1 827-1 831.  Two  or 
three  were  after  paintings  by  Sully. 

DODGE,  Edward  Samuel 

b.    July  S,  1816;  d.    April  6,  1857. 
Miniature  painter. 

DODGE,  John  Wood 

b.   November  ^,  180'/ ^  New  York;   d.    Dece?nber  j6,  i8gj. 
Miniature  painter. 

1.  General  Jackson,  1842.    The  original  from  which  the 
postage  stamp  of  1863  was  engraved. 

2.  Henry  Clay.    1843.      Mrs.  A.  C.  Gunther,  N.  Y.,  1897. 

Dickinson — Dodge:  36 
35 


3-    Henry  Bergh. 

4.    Mrs.  Winston.    2  ^  x  i  ^-s.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

DOYLE,  William  M.  S. 

b.    //^p,  Boston;  d.    there  May,  1828. 
Silhouettist  and  portrait  painter   in    oils,    miniature   and 
crayojis. 
Doyle  was  the  son  of  a  British  officer  stationed  in 
Boston.    He  was  associated  with  Daniel  Bowen  as  a 
silhouettist.     In   the   1805   Boston  directory  his  name 
appears    as    a    "miniature    painter    at    the    Columbia 
Museum."    Of  this  institution  he  was   the  head  and 
retained  the  position  the  rest  of  his  life. 
I.    S.  R.  C.  Moffatt. 

DREXEL,  Francis  Martin 

b.    i/'92  Dornbirm,  Austria;    d.    June  5,  i86j,  Philadel- 
phia. 

Miniature  painter  and  banker. 

Drexel  came  to  the  United  States  in  1817  and  in 
1 81 8  he  was  painting  miniatures  in  Philadelphia.  Later 
he  went  to  Peru,  then  to  Chile,  where  he  painted  a  por- 
trait of  Simon  Bolivar,  and  finally  to  Mexico.  In  1831 
he  founded  the  banking  firm  of  Drexel  and  Company 
and  gave  up  painting. 

1.  Self  portrait.  Mrs.  J.  G.  Watmough,  Pa.,  1898. 

2.  Mrs.  F.  M.  Drexel. 

DRUCEZ 

Flourished  180^,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  was,  according  to  Dunlap,  "a  Flemming." 

Doyle — Drucez:  37 
36 


DUBOURJAL,  Savinien  Edme 

b,    February  12^  I795-,  Paris;   d.    there,  ^S_§j. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

DuBOURjAL  was  a  pupil  of  Girodet  and  studied  also 
at  the  Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts.  He  exhibited  at  the  Salon 
for  the  first  time  in  1824.  In  1846  he  was  in  Boston 
and  from  1847  to  1850  he  was  in  New  York  where  he 
exhibited  many  pictures  at  the  National  Academy  Ex- 
hibitions. Although  he  painted  portraits  in  oils  he  is 
best  known  by  his  pencil  drawings  and  water-color 
portraits.  He  was  an  attached  personal  friend  of 
G.  P.  A.  Healy,  and  some  account  of  their  friendship  is 
given  in  the  "Life  of  Healy"  by  Healy's  daughter. 
I.    John  C.  Calhoun.    Water-color. 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847 
1.    Charles  Lanman.    Water-color. 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847 
3.    Miss  C.  Lynch.    Water-color. 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847 


4.  Miniature  of  the  artist. 

5.  Miniature  of  the  Son  of  Voisin 


N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847 
Paris  Salon,  1854 


6.  President  Polk. 

7.  Harriette  Story  Paige. 

Mrs.  Reginald  Foster,  Boston 

8.  Caroline  Leroy  Webster,  1845.    Drawing. 

Mrs.  A.  Lawrence,  Boston 


DUNCAN,  Mrs. 

See  Anna  Claypoole  Peale. 


Dubourjal — Duncan:  38 


37 


DUNCAN,  James 
Flourished  1842-1862,  Montreal,  Canada. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

DUNKERLEY,  Joseph 

Flourished  i/8^-iy8^,  Boston. 

Miniature  painter. 

DuNKERLEY  inserted  an  advertisement  in  the  "Inde- 
pendent Chronicle,"  Boston,  December,  1784,  saying 
that  he  "still  carries  on  his  Profession  of  Painting  in 
Miniature  at  his  house  in  the  North  Square."  In  the 
same  paper  for  February  17,  1785,  Joseph  Dunkerley 
and  John  Hazlitt  advertised  to  start  a  drawing  school, 
"as  soon  as  a  sufficient  number  of  scholars  apply.  N.  B. 
Miniature  Pictures  executed  in  the  neatest  manner." 

DUNLAP,  William 

b.   February  //,  z/^^,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.;  d.   September 

28,  i8j9,  New  York  City. 
Dramatist,  art  historian  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and 
miniature. 

DuNLAP  made  a  crayon  portrait  of  George  Washing- 
ton as  early  as  1783.  In  1784  he  went  to  London  return- 
ing in  1787  with  nothing  but  a  few  visits  to  Benjamin 
West's  studio  to  show  for  his  stay,  on  account  of  aimless 
peregrinations  about  England.  However,  upon  his  re- 
turn, he  set  up  successfully  as  a  portrait  painter  in  New 
York.  From  1789  to  1805  he  abandoned  art  and  entered 
civic  affairs,  visited  Boston  as  a  merchant  and  finally 
engaged  in  theatrical  speculations.  His  play  "Andre" 
was  first  performed  in  1798.  Failure,  bankruptcy,  and 
wanderings  about  many  different  cities  occupied  his  life 

Duncan — Dunlap:  39 
38 


until  1830  when  he  settled  permanently  in  New  York 
City.-  In  1 81 2  he  painted  miniatures  unsuccessfully  in 
New  Haven  and  seems  never  to  have  forgotten  his  lack 
of  patronage  there.  Gilbert  Stuart,  who  saw  him 
shortly  afterward,  is  said  to  have  remarked:  "Friend 
Dunlap,  it  appears  to  me  the  good  people  of  New  Haven 
may  have  had  some  cause."  He  was  vice  president  of 
the  National  Academy  from  1831  until  1838,  the  year 
before  his  death.  A  benefit  performance  at  the  Park 
Theatre  relieved  his  later  years.  The  loss  of  his  right 
eye  was  a  serious  handicap  to  his  production  of  good 
work. 

William  Dunlap  placed  the  future  generations  in  his 
debt  when  he  wrote  his  "History  of  the  Arts  of  Design.'' 
He  not  only  knew  many  of  the  artists  personally  but  had 
the  immense  advantage  of  being  himself  an  artist.  The 
book  is  a  mine  of  information,  and  has,  too,  the  peren- 
nial charm  ofVasari  and  Cunningham.  It  was  reprinted 
in  191 8  by  Messrs.  Bayley  and  Goodspeed  of  Boston. 

The  best  brief  account  of  Dunlap  and  his  work,  aside 
from  his  own  entertaining  autobiography,  is  the  article 
by  Professor  Theodore  S.  Woolsey  in  the  "Yale  Review" 
July,  1914,  which  is  supplemented  with  a  list  of  Dun- 
lap's  paintings.  Oral  S.  Coad's  "William  Dunlap," 
also  contains  a  register  of  his  work. 

1.  Anthony  Bleeker.    Sepia  on  paper. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

2.  Armitt  Brown.    1800?        Mrs.  Fred  Brown,  Pa.,  1914. 

3.  Charles  Brockden  Brown.    Sketch. 

4.  Charles  Brockden  Brown.    234  x  2^. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

Dunlap — Cotitijiued:  40 
39 


3X23^. 

1 800-06. 

Mrs.  Carmalt,  191 7 

3y2^3- 

1821-26. 

Mrs.  Carmalt,  1917 

5.  Charles  Brockden  Brown.      Brown  Family,  Pa.,  1917 

6.  Charles  Brockden  Brown. 

Lucy  Wharton  Drexel  Collection,  Pa.,  191 7 

7.  Mrs.  Charles  Brockden  Brown. 

Lucy  Wharton  Drexel  Collection,  Pa.,  191 7 
8-9.   Two  miniatures  of  George  Frederick  Cooke. 

The  Players  Club,  N.  Y 

10.  Thomas  Abthorpe  Cooper.  After  the  oil  painting  by 
Jarvis.  The  Players  Club,  N.  Y 

11.  Margaret  Dunlap.    3^x25^8.     1810.? 

The  Johnson  Family,  Staten  Island 

12.  William  Dunlap.  Prof.  T.  S.  Woolsey,  1917 

13.  William  Dunlap. 

14.  William  Dunlap. 

15.  Mrs.  William  Dunlap. 

Mrs.  Carmalt,  New  Haven,  1917 

16.  Mrs.  Darley.    1806.  Stan  V.  Henkel's  Sale,  1905 

17.  President  Timothy  Dwight.     Attributed  to  Dunlap 
x'\bout  1 8 10.     Mrs.  W.  H.  Carmalt,  New  Haven,  191 7 

18.  James  Fennel,  the  Actor,  1827. 

S.  V.  Henkel's  Sale,  1905. 

19.  Mr.  Griffin,  1830.    Painted  in  Montreal. 

20.  Reverend  E.  Low.    1822.    Painted  Norfolk. 

21.  Mrs.  Motte.  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

22.  Elihu  H.  Smith;  b.  1789;  d.  1805.  "During  this 
time  I  painted  some  small  sketchy  liknesses  of  my 
friends  C.  B.  Brown,  Elihu  H.  Smith  and  a  few  others." 
Dunlap. 

23.  President  John  Tyler.  2f^  x  2  >^.  Mr.  Albert  Rosenthal. 

Dunlap — Continued:  4I 
40 


24-    Mrs.  Royal  N.  Waller. 

25.  Mrs.  Royal  N.  Waller.    Replica  of  foregoing. 

26.  George  Washington.  Jan.  1833.  "Touch  on  a  minia- 
ture of  Washington  painted  by  me  many  years  ago." 
Dunlap. 

27.  Mrs.  Wignel.    1806.     Prof.  T.  S.  Woolsey,  New  Haven. 

28.  Colonel  Hugh  Williamson, 

29.  Francis  Bayard  W^inthrop. 

Johnson  Family,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.    1917. 

30.  Mrs.  Benjamin  W'oolsey  the  First.  After  an  oil  paint- 
ing by  an  unknown  artist.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Carmalt. 

31.  Mrs.  Benjamin  Woolsey  the  Second.    1798? 

Mr.  Wm.  S.  Johnson,  Marmaroneck,  N.  Y.    1917. 

32.  Captain  John  Taylor  Woolsey.  1795?  Attributed  to 
Dunlap.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Carmalt. 

2^.   William  Walton  Woolsey.    1821?        Wm.  S.  Johnson. 

34-45.  Twelve  miniatures  by  or  attributed  to  Dunlap. 
Described  in  "Catalogue  of  a  Collection  of  Ivory 
Miniatures  and  Water  Color  Views  of  New  York,  by 
William  Dunlap  to  be  sold  March  10,  1905."  Stan  V. 
Henkels.    16  illustrations.    One  in  color. 

46.  A  Cupid  and  Two  Females, 

47.  Portrait  of  a  Man.    2^x  2]4.     The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

48.  Portrait  of  a  Lady.    4>^  x  2]4.  Mr.  A.  Rosenthal. 

DURAND,  AsHER  Brown 
b.    August  21^  ^796^  Jefferson    Village^   now  Maplewood, 

N.  J.    d.   there  September  //,  1886. 
Engraver  and  historical  and  portrait  painter. 

The    son    of   a    watchmaker    of  Huguenot    descent, 
Asher  Brown  Durand  helped  his  father  engrave  initials 

Dunlap — Durand:  42 
41 


on  silver  and  this  practice  led  him  to  take  up  the  en- 
graving of  plates.  He  was  apprenticed  to  Peter  Maver- 
ick and,  after  five  years,  became  his  partner.  He  en- 
graved, among  other  pictures,  Trumbull's  "Declaration 
of  Independence"  and  Vanderlyn's  "Ariadne."  In  1835 
he  gave  up  engraving  and  devoted  his  time  entirely  to 
painting  landscapes  and  portraits. 

1.  John  Durand.     Ivory.     New  York  Historical  Society. 

2.  Mrs.  John  Durand.    12x934.    1822.    Ivory. 

New  York  Historical  Society. 

DU  SIMITlfiRE,  PiERE  Eugene 

b.    1736?    Geneva^  Switzerland;    d.  October^  ^784-,  Philadel- 
phia. 
Naturalist  and  portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 

Du  SiMiTiERE  lived  in  the  West  Indies  from  about 
1756   to    1765.    He    then   went    to   New  York   and    in 
1766  to  Philadelphia.    He  resisted  conscription  in  1777 
and  was  compelled  by  the  military  authorities  to  pay  a 
heavy    penalty.     In    1780    he    opened    an    "American 
Museum    of    Curiosities."     In    1781    he    received    an 
honorary  M.A.  degree  from  Princeton  University.    The 
following  small  portraits  were  engraved  from  Du  Simi- 
tiere's  drawings   and   published   as   a  set   in   a  quarto 
volume.     The    engraver    was    Benjamin    Reading    of 
London. 
Washington. 
Benedict  Arnold. 
Silas  Deane. 
John  Dickinson. 
William  H.  Drayton. 

Du  Simitiere:  43 
42 


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6.  General  Horatio  Gates. 

7.  Samuel  Huntington. 

8.  John  Jay. 

9.  Henry  Laurens. 

10.  Gouverneur  Morris. 

11.  Joseph  Reed. 

12.  Baron  Steuben. 

13.  Charles  Thompson. 

DUVAL,  Ambrose 
Flourished  182'/  to  i8jo^  Orleans. 
Miniature  painter. 

1.  Governor  William  C.  C.  Claiborne  of  Louisiana. 
Signed:   ''A.Duval."    334x3.     The  Ehrich  Galleries. 
Engraved  by  Longacre. 

2.  Lelande  de  Ferrier.    2>2  x  2. 

Dr.  L  M.  Cline,  New  Orleans. 

DUVIVIER  AND  Son 

Flourished  iyg6. 
Miniature  painters. 

"DuviviER  AND  Son"  painted  on  "silks  and  satins." 
They  conducted  a  drawing  academy. 
I.    Ebenezer  Hazard,  1796. 

Rev.  T.  E.  Vermilye,  N.  Y.    1892. 

EAGER,  William 

b.    about  lygd  in  Ireland;  d.  November  2^^  iSjg,  Halifax^ 
N.  S.    Topographical  artist. 

Besides  his  work  as  a  topographical  artist.  Eager  also 
painted  a  very  few  water  color  portraits. 

Duval — Eager:  44 
43 


EARL  OR  EARLE,  James 

b.    May  /,  /7(5/,  Leicester^  ?iow  Paxton,  Mass.;  d.  August 

/,  lygd,  Charleston^  S.  C. 
Portrait  painter. 

The   brother   of  Ralph    Earl,     He   worked   both   in 
England  and  South  Carolina. 
I.    Dr.    Samuel    Stearns.     Engraved    for:    "Tour    from 
London  to  Paris,"  by  Dr.  Samuel  Stearns,  London, 
1790. 

EARL  OR  EARLE,  Ralph 

b.  May  11^  1751-,  Shrewsbury^  Massachusetts;  d.  August 
16,  1801^  Bolton^  Conn. 

Historical  painter,  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
Ralph  Earl's  earliest  portraits  date  from  1771. 
Amos  Doolittle  engraved,  in  1775,  several  scenes  of 
incidents  in  the  American  Revolution  which  Earl  not 
only  composed  but  probably  witnessed.  Later  he  be- 
came an  itinerant  painter.  In  1782  he  studied  under 
Benjamin  West  in  London.  He  was  made  R.A.  in  1783 
and  exhibited  at  the  Academy  from  1783  to  1785.  In 
1787  he  was  imprisoned  for  debt  but  received  com- 
missions through  the  intercession  of  Alexander  Hamilton. 
The  writer  knows  nothing  of  portraits  in  miniature 
he  is  said  to  have  painted.  See:  "Metropolitan  Museum 
Bulletin,"  May,  1906. 

EARL    OR    EARLE,    Ralph    Eleaser    Whitesides    (or 
Wheelock) 

b.  England?;   d.  September  16,  iSjy,  Nashville,  Tennessee. 
Portrait  painter. 

R.  E.  W.  Earl  was  the  son  of  Ralph  Earl  by  his 
Earl  or  Earle,  J. — Earl  or  Earle,  R.:  45 
44 


second  wife.  He  studied  in  London  under  Benjamin 
West  in  1809  and  18 10.  In  1814  he  visited  Paris.  He 
returned  to  the  United  States  in  181 5,  married  a  niece 
of  Andrew  Jackson  and  painted  numerous  small  por- 
traits of  the  President.  Several  of  these  were  painted 
from  life. 

EDWARDS,  Thomas 

Flourished  1822-18^6^  Boston. 

Silhoiiettist  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  ?niniatiire. 
He  exhibited  at  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 

EICHHOLTZ,  EICHOLTZ  or  EIKHOLTZ,  Jacob 

b.    November  2,  i/"/6^  Lancaster,  Perm.;  d.  May  11,  1842^ 

Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter. 

The  late  Honorable  William  U.  Hensel  in  an  article 
on   Jacob   Eichholtz   in    the   "Pennsylvania   Magazine 
of  History"  for  1913  enumerated  about  295  portraits. 
I.    Henry  E.  Leman.    Miniature. 

1.    Dr.  William   Darlington.     1782-1863.    Oval.    9  x  6>^. 
Oil.  New  York  Historical  Society. 

3.    Ellis  Lewis,  Miniature. 

ELDRIDGE,  C.  W. 

b.    November  181 1,  New   London,    Conn.;   still  living  in 

Hartford  1881. 
Miniature  painter. 

The  miniature  portrait  painting  partnership  of  Eld- 
ridge  and  Parker  painted  nine  years  in  Hartford,  at 
the  end  of  which  period  Eldridge  painted  extensively 

Edwards — Eldridge:  46 

45 


in  New  York  and  through  the  South.  Failing  eyesight 
and  the  advance  of  the  photograph  reducing  the 
number  of  his  sitters  led  him  to  abandon  painting, 

ELLIOTT  OR  ELLIOT,  Charles  Loring 

b.   December  1812,  Scipio^  N.  Y.;  d.  September  5,  1868 ^ 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
Portrait  painter. 

The   pupil    of  Trumbull    and    the    friend   of  Henry 
Inman,  Charles  Loring  Elliott  achieved  immense  popu- 
larity and  painted  about  700  portraits. 
I.    Louis  Gaylord  Clark.   1  "yix  1^2.    The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

ELLIS,  Salathiel 

Flourished  18^^-184.6,  New  York. 
A  '^painter  of  ca?neo  likenesses. " 

ELOUIS,  Jean  Pierre  Henri 

b.   January  20,  //Jj,  Caen,  France;  d.  there,  December  2j, 
184.J.    Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Elouis  was  of  German  descent  and  his  surname  was 
a  Gallicised  version  of  von  Ludwig.  A  pupil  of  Re- 
stout  and  Le  Fevre  in  Paris  he  later  went  to  London 
and  studied  at  the  Academy  where  he  won  a  silver 
medal.  He  exhibited  sixteen  miniatures  at  the  Academy 
Exhibitions  from  1785  to  1787.  About  1787  he  went  to 
the  United  States  living  in  Annapolis  and  Baltimore 
until  1792  when  he  moved  to  Philadelphia.  Here  he 
painted  a  portrait  of  George  Washington.  About  1799 
he  started  on  his  travels  with  von  Humboldt  in  the 
United    States,    Mexico    and    South   America   making 

Elliott  or  Elliot — Elouis:  47 
46 


drawings  for  the  great  naturalist.  He  returned  to 
France  in  1807,  abandoned  miniature  painting  and 
exhibited  portraits  in  oil  at  the  Paris  Salon  from  1810 
to  1 8 19.  He  was  made  curator  of  the  Museum  of  Caen 
in  1 814  and  held  the  position  until  his  death.  An 
account  of  Elouis  is  given  by  C.  H.  Hart  in  the  "Penn- 
sylvania Magazine  of  History, "  191 1. 

1.  Martha  Washington.    2  ^/,6  x  i  '^/,6. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

2.  Martha  Washington.         Mrs.  J.  W.  Drexel,  Pa.  191 1. 

ELLSWORTH,  James  San  ford 

b.    1802 ^  Windsor^  Co727i.;    d.  iSyj  or  y^,  Pittsburgh  Penn. 
Miniature  painter. 

James  Sanford  Ellsworth  was  born  in  Windsor,  Conn., 
in  1802.  He  was  eccentric  and  eventually  became  insane, 
after  which  he  removed  to  the  West.  He  appeared  in 
St.  Louis  and  did  some  painting  while  there.  He  reap- 
peared in  Connecticut  as  a  "weather-beaten  wanderer. " 
Thereafter  he  moved  to  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  where  he 
died  in  1873  or  74. 

1.  Portrait  of  a  Gentleman,  2  Vs  x  2  V2.    Water-color.    On 
paper.  Mr.  F.  Fairchild  Sherman. 

2.  Portrait  of  a  Lady,  2  Vs  x  2  72-  Water-color.   On  paper. 

Mr.  F.  Fairchild  Sherman. 

EMMONS,  Alexander  H. 

b.    December  12^  1816^  East  Haddam,  Conn.;  d.  after  i8yg. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Emmons  started  as  a  painter  of  miniatures  on  bristol 
board  in  Norwich.    About   1849   he  painted  portraits 

Ellsworth — Emmons:  48 
47 


in  Hartford  and  about   1848  settled  in  Norwich.    He 
travelled  for  a  period  in  Europe. 

In   P.    K.    Kilbourne's   Biographical   History  of  the 
County  of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  New  York,  1851,  there  is 
an  engraving  by  D.  C.  Hinman  of  a  portrait  of  Nath- 
aniel W.  Taylor  by  Emmons. 
I.    Master  Reed.   4x3.   Water-color.   On  paper. 

Mr.  F.  Fairchild  Sherman. 
EVANS,  John  T. 

Flourished  i8og^  Philadelphia. 

Landscape  and  miniature  painter  in  water-color. 

He  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  both 
miniatures  and  scenes  in  water-color  made  during  his 
visits  to  Ireland  and  England.  He  may  have  been  the 
same  as  John  Evans  listed  as  a  glazier,  sign  painter  and 
fanlight  maker  in  the  Philadelphia  directories  from  1807 
to  1 821,  the  only  John  Evans  mentioned. 

EVERS,  John 

b.    August  //,  //p/,   Newton,    L.   I.;    d.    May  j,   iS8^, 

Hempstead,  L.  I. 
Miniaturist  and  painter  of  theatre  scenery. 

EvERS  worked  at  the  Park  Theatre  and  studied  scene 
painting  with  Hugh  Reinagle  under  J.  J.  Holland.  In 
his  earlier  days  he  painted  a  number  of  miniatures  on 
bristol  board.  He  also  painted  river  scenes  and  land- 
scapes. He  moved  to  Hempstead  in  1865.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design. 

FAIRCHILD,  Louis 

b.    iSoo  Farmington,  Conn.;   still  living  in  N.  Y.  18^0. 
Engraver  and  miniature  painter. 

Louis  Fairchild  studied  under  Asaph  Willard  as  an 

Evans — Fairchild:  49 
48 


engraver  and  helped  support  himself  during  this  time 
painting  miniatures. 

FANSHAW,  Samuel  Raymond 

b.    December  21,  1S14,  New  York;    d.  there,  December  i^-, 
1888.    Miniature  painter. 

Fanshaw  exhibited  a  number  of  miniatures  at  the 
National  Academy  exhibitions  from  1841  to  1847.    He 
was  made  an  /Associate  N.A.  in  1881. 
1-6.    "A  Frame  of  Six  Miniatures." 

N.  A.  Exhibition,  1847. 

7.  Mr.  George  Clark.       Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.  1890. 

8.  Mrs.  George  Clark.     Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.  1890. 

FETTE,  Henry  Gerhard 

Flourished  1842-18'/!  in  Boston. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

From  1842  to  1847  Henry  G.  Fette  is  listed  in  the 
Boston  directories  as  a  miniature  painter  and  after  that 
time  as  a  portrait  painter. 

1.  F.  C.  Groger. 

2.  Baron  von  Cronstern,  Jr. 

FIELD,  Robert 

b.    before  1794,  Gloucester,  England;   d.  August  9,  i8ig, 

Jamaica,  West  Indies. 
Stipple  engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
Nothing  is  known  of  Robert  Field's  life,  beyond  the 
fact  that  he  was  born  in  Gloucester  and  lived  in  Lon- 
don, until  1794,  when  we  learn  that  in  April  he  sailed 
on  the  ship  "Republic"  bound  for  Baltimore  and 
painted    the    captain's    portrait    in    miniature    at    sea. 

Fanshaw — Field:  50 
49 


He  was  in  New  York  the  same  year.  In  January  1795 
he  went  to  Philadelphia  and  made  miniature  copies 
of  oil  paintings.  He  painted  an  oil  portrait  of  Charles 
Carroll  that  may  be  assigned  to  this  period.  Be- 
sides miniature  copies  he  painted  original  miniatures 
at  this  time  and  also  was  busy  at  engraving.  Of  the 
engravings  one  was  for  an  American  edition  of  Shakes- 
peare's works  —  a  portrait  of  Shakespeare  from  the 
"Chandos"  picture;  another  was  after  Walter  Robert- 
son's miniature  of  Washington.  Concerning  the  matter 
of  Robertson's  miniature  Field  wrote  to  Robert  Gilmor 
of  Baltimore  and  a  portion  of  the  letter  is  quoted  by 
W.  S.  Baker  in  his  "Engraved  Portraits  of  Washing- 
ton." During  1795  he  visited  Mt.  Vernon  and  made 
sketches  of  Washington  and  Mrs.  Washington.  Tradi- 
tion records  the  "pious  theft"  by  Field  of  one  of  the 
buttons  from  Washington's  old  army  coat.  Rembrandt 
Peale  in  a  letter  tells  an  amusing  incident  of  Field  and 
himself  at  Centreville,  Maryland,  about  1798.  Field 
moved  to  Boston  in  1805  where  he  was  constantly 
occupied  and  frequented  the  circle  that  gathered  at  the 
home  of  Andrew  Allen  the  British  Consul.  He  made  at 
least  two  engravings  while  he  was  in  Boston,  one  of 
Trumbull's  "Hamilton"  in  1806  and  another  of 
Stuart's  "Jefferson"  in  1807.  About  May,  1808  he 
took  passage  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  acting  on  the 
advice  of  the  governor.  Sir  John  Wentworth,  and 
advertised  in  the  "Royal  Gazette"  for  June:  "Robert 
Field  at  Alexander  Morrison's,  bookseller,  intends, 
during  his  residence  in  Halifax,  to  exercise  his  profession 
as  portrait  painter  in  oil  and  water  color,  and  in  minia- 

Field — Continued:  51 
50 


ture,  where  specimens  of  his  painting  may  be  seen  and 
his  terms  made  known."  Among  his  first  commissions 
were  portraits  of  the  members  of  the  "Rockingham 
Club,"  later  hung  on  the  walls  of  the  "Rockingham 
Inn,"  where  the  club  had  its  rooms.  Some  of  his  Hali- 
fax portraits  were  of  Sir  George  Prevost,  Sir  John 
Sherbrooke,  William  Bowie,  Dr.  John  Haliburton,  and 
Bishop  Inglis.  The  latter  is  now  in  the  National 
Portrait  Gallery  in  London.  "Tradition  in  Halifax," 
writes  Mr.  Harry  Piers,"  states  that  he  was  somewhat 
of  a  dandy  and  wore  Hessian  boots,  with  tassels  at  the 
top."  He  did  not,  as  Rembrandt  Peale  says,  go  into 
the  ministry.  He  returned  to  England  in  1818,  exhibited 
as  a  "portrait  painter  of  Halifax,"  at  the  Royal 
Academy  and  sailed  the  next  year  for  Jamaica.  In  the 
Nova  Scotia  "Royal  Gazette"  for  September  15,  18 19, 
is  the  following  notice:  "Died  at  Jamaica  August  9th, 
Robert  Field  Esq.,  an  Eminent  Artist  very  much  re- 
gretted." 

Robert  Field  stands  in  the  first  rank  of  the  early 
American  miniature  painters.  An  excellent  account  of 
the  artist  is  given  in  Mr.  Harry  Piers'  paper  in  volume 
18  of  the  "Nova  Scotia  Historical  Society  Collections." 

1.  Mrs.  Allen  of  Boston. 

2.  John  Brown.  Possibly  by  Field.  Reproduced  in 
C.  W.  Bowen's:  "Centennial  of  the  Inauguration  of 
Washington."  Mrs.  J.  M.  Brown,  1892. 

3.  Mrs.  Samuel  Chase.  Reproduced  in  Dunlap:  "His- 
tory," 191 8  edition.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

4.  Henrietta  Maria  Hemsley  Earle. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Johnson. 
Field — CorUinned:  52 
51 


5-    Dr.  James  Sergeant  Ewing.  1798.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

6.  Captain  Nicholas  Hill,  1792-1870.     Painted  in  1817. 
Reproduced  in  "N.  S.  Hist.  Society  Collections"  v.  18. 

Miss  G.  Hill,  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

7.  Dr.  Matthias  Hoffman.  Mrs.  S.  Creed,  formerly 

of  Halifax,  now  in  England. 

8.  Benjamin  Stoddert.   3>^x2>^.    Signed  R.   F. 

Mrs.  Campbell  Brown,  Spring  Hill,  Tenn. 

A   replica    by    Miss    Bertha    E.    Perrie    is   owned    by 

Mrs.  Claire  Addison,  Washington,  D.  C. 

9.  Mrs.  Thornton  of  Washington. 

10.  George  Washington.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

11.  George  Washington.    3>^x2>^.    After  Stuart. 

Mrs.  L.  L.  Eyre,  Philadelphia,  1892. 

12.  George  Washington.    After  Stuart.      Mr.  H.  L.  Pratt. 

13.  George  Washington,  1798. 

Lawrence  L.  Conrad,  Baltimore,  1881. 

14.  George  Washington.  Inscription  on  satin  lining:  "Pre- 
sented to  T.  Lear  by  his  friend  Mrs.  Washington, 
1 801."  Mr.  Charles  A.  Munn,  N.  Y. 

15.  George  Washington.  Presented  by  Judge  Bushrod 
Washington  through  the  intermediation  of  Lafayette, 
to  Simon  Bolivar  in  1825.    In  1881  it  was  in  Bolivia. 

16.  William  Clifton.    Engraved  by  Edwin. 

17.  J.  E.  Harwood.    Engraved  by  Edwin. 

18.  Martha  Washinton. 

Mrs.  B.  W.  Kennon,  Washington,  D.  C,  1897. 

19.  Martha  Washington. 

Mrs.  F.  T.  Moorhead,  Allegheny,  Pa.    1897. 

20.  Thomas  Jefferson.  After  Stuart.  Engraved  by  Long- 
acre. 

Field — Continued:  !^i^ 
52 


21.  Charles  Carroll.    Engraved  by  Longacre. 

22.  Mr.  Gallego.    Sully  made  a  portrait  of  "Mr.  Gallego, 
from  a  drawing  by  Field." 

FINN,  Henry  J. 

b.    1782^  New  York;   d.    Jan.  /j,  /S^o,  Lo?ig  Island  Sound. 
Lawyer,  actor,  author  and  miniature  painter. 

Henry  J.  Finn  studied  law  in  New  York  but  made 
brief  appearances  on  the  stage  even  during  his  student 
days.  He  then  toured  the  English  provinces  with  a 
company  of  strolling  players  until  181 1  when  he  acted 
in  Montreal  for  a  season.  From  181 8  to  1820  he  was  on 
the  staff  of  the  "Atlanta  Georgian"  as  a  writer.  In 
1 821  he  was  again  in  London  this  time  painting  mina- 
tures.  About  1822  he  sailed  for  Boston,  resumed  his 
stage  career,  became  a  successful  comedian  and  toured 
the  states.  He  perished  in  a  boat  disaster  on  Long 
Island  Sound. 

FLAGG  JR.,  JosiAH 

Flourished  lySj,  Boston. 

JosiAH  Flagg  advertised  in  the  "Boston  Gazette," 
Feb.  10,  1783,  the  "copying  of  Miniature  Painting  in 
Hair." 

FLORIMONT,  Austin 

Flourished  lySi,  Philadelphia. 

Portrait  draughtsman  in  crayon  and  ?niniature  painter. 

FOLSOM,  Mrs.  C.  A. 

Flourished  iSjy-iSjS,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Finn — Folsom:  ^^4 

53 


FOLWELL,  Samuel 

b.    about  i'/6^;  d.    November  26,  18 ij^  Fa. 
Silhouettist  and  miniature  painter. 

Samuel  Folwell  was  in  New  York  in  1790.  About 
1792  he  was  making  bookplates  in  New  Hampshire. 
In  1798  he  moved  to  Philadelphia.  His  silhouette  of 
Washington  painted  on  card  in  1791  was  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Francis  Wellesley,  Esq.,  England. 

1.  John  Jones,  M.D.,  1791.        N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

2.  George  Washington. 

Inscribed:  "Presented  to  James  Henry  Stevens,  Esq.,  by 
his  friend  Col.  William  Washington,  Sept,  9th  1800.  Said 
to  be  a  correct  likeness  taken  from  life  of  his  Excellence 
Genl.  Geo.  Washington,  first  President,  United  States 
of  America."   below:   "S.  Folwel-Pixet. 

1795 — Done  1795." 

FOULIS,  R. 

Flourished  i8ig^  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia. 
Fortr ait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

R.  FouLis  worked  first  in  Edinburgh  and  London; 

and  came  to  Halifax  about  1819.    While  in  Halifax  he 

started  a  drawing  school. 

ERASER,  Charles 

b.   Aug.  20, 1282 ,  Charleston,  S.  C;  d.  there,  Oct.  75,  i860. 
Fortrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 

About  1792  Charles  Eraser  entered  Charleston  Col- 
lege and  his  first  miniature  dates  from  this  early  period. 
The  next  year  he  had  as  a  school  companion,  Thomas 
Sully  then  recently  from  England.  He  lost  his  father 
when  he  was  nine  and  his  guardians  trained  him  for  the 
law.    With  a  bitterness  otherwise  foreign  to  his  nature 

Folwell — Eraser:  55 
54 


he  wrote,  in  later  years:  "This  unfortunate  error  by 
which  the  destiny  of  my  Hfe  was  directed,  or  rather  mis- 
directed^ will  ever  be,  as  it  has  always  been,  a  source  of 
regret  to  me."  Upon  his  graduation  in  1798  he  entered 
a  law  office  and  remained  until  1800,  his  spare  moments 
devoted  to  painting.  In  that  year  he  met  Edward  Mal- 
bone,  and  Washington  Allston.  Probably  encouraged 
by  their  example  he  devoted  his  entire  time  to  art  but 
gave  up  in  disappointment  after  three  years  and  again 
took  to  the  study  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1807.  In  eleven  years  he  accumulated  a  competence, 
shook  off  the  dust  of  the  law  courts  and  at  the  advanced 
age  of  thirty-eight  became  an  artist.  His  lack  of  early 
training  prevented  his  becoming  a  portrait  painter  in 
oils  of  any  distinction,  although  Gilbert  Stuart  said  to 
him  in  Boston:  "Young  man,  I  am  approaching  the 
termination  of  my  career.  But  when  I  cease  from  work, 
whatever  rank  may  be  assigned  me,  I  see  by  that  por- 
trait, there  will  be  a  man  to  fill  my  place."  His  work  is 
almost  entirely  in  miniature.  A  few  short  trips  to  New 
England,  to  New  York  and  to  Columbia,  South  Caro- 
lina were  almost  the  only  interruptions  to  his  quiet  life 
spent  in  Charleston.  During  Lafayette's  visit  to 
Charleston  in  1825  he  was  chosen  by  the  city  to  paint 
the  portrait  of  the  famous  Frenchman.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  several  clubs  among  them  the  "Conversation 
Club"  for  which  he  wrote  his  "Reminiscences,"  which 
should  be  republished,  and  the  "Mutton  Chop  Club,"  a 
favorite  rendezvous  of  General  Pinckney.  In  18^7 
admiration  for  the  man  as  well  as  for  his  work  led  a 
number  of  prominent  men  to  collect  his  paintings  to 

Frazer — Coyitinued:  ^6 
55 


form  an  exhibition  which  showed  313  miniatures,  139 
oil  paintings  and  many  sketches.  The  catalogue  of  that 
display  forms  the  basis  of  the  appended  register. 

Charles  Fraser  was  the  only  miniature  painter  whose 
work  in  quality  and  number  reached  that  of  Edward 
Malbone.  His  miniatures  frequently  rise  to  the  height 
of  those  of  his  friend  and  will  become  more  and  more 
sought  for  by  the  public  galleries  as  thev  are  brought 
to  light  from  the  private  collections  into  which  they 
originally  found  their  way.  His  later  miniatures  are 
larger  than  his  earlier  ones  and  generally  rectangular 
in  shape.  An  excellent  article  on  Charles  Fraser  by 
Miss  Alice  R.  H.  Smith  in  "Art  in  America"  June, 
191s,  is  illustrated  with  a  number  of  examples  of  his 
work. 

1.  Reverend    Jasper    Adams,    President    of    Charleston 
College. 

2.  James  Adger,  184O. 

3.  Mrs.  James  Adger,  1S39. 

4.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Adger. 

^.    Mrs.  Charlotte  Anne  Allston. 

Mrs.  Van  der  Horst,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

6.  Benjamin  Allston. 

7.  Colonel  William  Alston,  aid  to  Marion,  after  Morse- 
1839. 

8.  Colonel  William  Alston. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

9.  Mrs.    William    Alston,    formerly    Miss    Motte,    after 
Morse,  1839. 

[C.    Mrs.  William  Alston. 

Fraser — Continued:  57 

56 


/  J.    Mrs.  Alston,  mother  of  Governor  R.  F.  W.  Alston. 

12.  Miss  Amelia  Annesley,  1839. 

13.  Joseph  S.  Barker,  1826. 

Mr.  J.  He) ward,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

J 4.    Mrs.  Joseph  S.  liarker. 

Mr.  J.  Heyward,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 
J  5.    George  iiarksdale,  infant  son  of  Mrs.  Barksdale. 
J  6.    Mrs.  Barksdale,  sister  of  James  E.  Edwards. 

17.  Henry  Bailey,  Attorney  General,  S.  C. 

18.  Major  Henry  H.  Bacot. 

19.  1\  W.  Bacot,  P^rst  Postmaster  of  Charleston,  appointed 
Ijy  Washington,  181  8. 

20.  Mrs.  K.  I>.  Baker,  1825. 

21.  Isaac  Ball,  1826. 

The  Misses  Ball,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

22.  Keating  S.  Ball. 

Miss  Anne  S.  Deas,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

23.  Miss  Ball,  1825. 

24.  Ho)ior;ihle  islihu  Bay.    1837.    Judge. 

25.  Allard  iielin. 

26.  Miss  E.  Belin. 

27.  W.  C.  Bee. 

28.  Mrs.  Bentley,  Edinburgh.    Copy. 

29.  William  Blair,  1834. 
^o.    Mrs.  Blamyer. 

31.  William  Branford,  grandfather  of  E.  Horry. 

Dr.  h\  L.  i^Vost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

32.  Mrs.  William  Branford. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 
22'    George  S.  Bryan. 

Miss  R.  M.  Bryan,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 
I'Vaser — Continued:  58 
57 


34-    Honorable  W.  Zard  Bull,  as  a  child. 
^^.   Honorable  W.  Zard  Bull,  Senator,  S.  C. 
^6.    Miss  Campbell,  1800. 

37.  Miss  Campbell,  later  Mrs.  King,  1826. 

38.  Mrs.  Campbell,  1826. 

39.  Dr.  I.  M.  Campbell,  1819. 

40.  James  Campbell,  son  of  J.  B.  Campbell,  1845. 

41.  Celia  Campbell,  daughter  of  J.  B.  Campbell,  1845. 

42.  James  B.  Campbell. 

43.  Mary  Bennet  Campbell,  daughter  of  J.  B.  Campbell, 
1845. 

44.  Robert  Caldwell,  1843. 

45.  Hon.  Langdon  Cheves,  181 9.    Speaker  U.  S.  H.  R. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost. 

46.  Hon.  Langdon  Cheves,  1819. 

Mrs.  A.  T.  Smythe,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

47.  John  M.  Chisholm,  1835. 

48.  Thomas  B.  Clarkson. 

Miss  May  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

49.  Mrs.  Thomas  B.  Clarkson. 

Miss  May  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

50.  Thomas  Cochran. 

51.  John  S.  Cogdell,  1841.   Artist. 

52.  R.  W.  Cogdell. 

^2-    Miss  Lucretia  Cohen,  later  Mrs.  Mordecai,  1834. 
54.    Octavius  Cohen,  1836. 
^^.    Dr.  Amory  Coffin. 
^6.   Judge  Colcock. 

57.  Judge  Colcock,  181 8.   Duplicate. 

58.  Mrs.  W.  A.  Colcock,  181 8. 

59.  Mrs.  I.  Course,  1834. 

Fraser — Continued:  59 


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Go.    Lewis  Cruger. 

6i.    James  Creighton. 

62.    Mrs.  George  Cuthbert. 

61^.    General  James  Cuthbert. 

64.  Rev.  Frederick  Dalcho,  Editor  "Charleston  Courier." 

Engraved  by  A.  B.  Durand. 

65.  Col.  F.  W.  Davie,  1835. 

66.  Mrs.  F.  W.  Davie,  1834. 

67.  General  Davie  1835.     Envoy  to  France.    After  Van- 
derlyn. 

6'i.    John  Dawson,  1829. 

69.  John  Dawson,  Jr.,  1829, 

70.  Ann  Deas,  as  a  child. 

Miss  A.  Deas,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

71.  Mrs.  E.  H.  Deas,  wife  of  Dr.  E.  H.  Deas. 

72.  Honorable  Henry  Deas.    President  S.  C.  Senate. 

Miss  A.  Deas,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

73.  Thomas  H.  Deas,  1822. 

74.  H.  W.  De  Saussure,  Director  U.  S.  Mint,  Chancellor 
of  S.  C,  1818. 

75.  H.  W.  De  Saussure,  1844.    Duplicate. 

76.  H.  W.  De  Saussure,  1834.   Triplicate. 

77.  Mrs.  John  M.  De  Saussure,  181 8. 

78.  Henry  de  Forrest  De  Vereaux.    2  V4  x  2  Vie- 

Boston  Museum. 

79.  Mrs.  Dr.  Dickson,    Copy  after  Mrs.  Bounetheau. 

80.  Colonel  William  Drayton.   About  1829. 

Miss  E.  D.  Taylor,  Pa.,  1898. 

81.  Charles  Edmonston,  1831. 

82.  Mrs.  Charles  Edmonston,  1825. 

83.  L.  A.  Edmonston,  1830. 

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84.  James  F.  Edwards. 

85.  James  F.  Edwards.   Duplicate. 

86.  Major  G.  W.  Egleston,  1834. 

87.  George  Edwards,  1824. 

88.  Stephen  Elliott,  LL.D.   Naturalist.    1822. 

89.  Right  Reverend  Stephen  Elliott,  Bishop  of  Georgia. 

90.  Miss  E.  S.  Faber,  later  Mrs.  B.  G.  Wilkins.    1846. 

91.  Henry  F.  Faber,  1837. 

92.  James  Fay.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

93.  Lord  Edward  Fitzgerald.   After  a  print. 

Mr.  Middleton,  1857. 

94.  James  Fisher. 

95.  Mary  Theodosia  Ford.    About  1829. 

Miss  Emma  Ravenel,  1898. 

96.  Charles  Eraser,  1800. 

Mrs.  J.  Alwyn  Ball,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

97.  Charles  Eraser,  1823. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

98.  Frederick  Eraser. 

Mrs.  J.  Alwyn  Ball,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

99.  Frederick  Eraser,  18 10. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 
100.    Frederick  Grimke  Eraser. 

Mrs.  J.  Alwayn  Ball,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 
loi.    Frederick  Grimke  Eraser,  1852. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

102.  Clara  Eraser  as  a  child.    Later  Mrs.  Herbemont. 

103.  Mrs.  Mary  Eraser,  1841. 

104.  Timothy  Ford,  1 81 8. 

105.  Jacob  Ford,  1829. 

106.  Miss  Ford,  1838. 

Eraser — Continued:  61 

60 


07.  Honorable  E.  Frost,  Judge,  S.  C,  1S43. 

08.  B.  Gaillard,  181 8. 

09.  Sextus  T.  Gaillard. 

10.  James  H.  Gager,  1839. 

11.  Major  Alexander  Garden,  1 81 8.   Officer  in  Lee's  Legion. 

12.  Major  Alexander  Garden,  1839.   Duplicate. 

13.  Henry  G.  Ives  Garden,  as   bov  of  six,  painted  from 
memory. 

14.  Mrs.  Yancy  Gray,  1842. 

15.  James  W.  Gray,  1838. 

16.  Mrs.  James  W.  Gray,  1843. 

17.  General  Christopher  Gadsen.   After  Peale. 

18.  Reverend  Christopher  Gadsen,  Bishop,  S.  C. 

19.  General   James    Gadsen.     Envoy    to    Mexico,    son   of 
Philip. 

20.  General  James  Gadsen.    Duplicate. 

21.  Mrs.  James  Gadsen,  nee  Hort. 

22.  John  Gadsen,  son  of  Philip,  1821. 

Mrs.  J.  Gadsen,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

23.  John  Gadsen.    Duplicate. 

24.  Philip  Gadsen.     Also  attributed  to  Malbone.     Son  of 
General  C.  Gadsen.    Duplicate. 

25.  Philip  Gadsen.     Also  attributed  to  Malbone. 

Mrs.  J.  Gadsen,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

26.  Robert  Reeves  Gibbs,  1830.. 

27.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Gibbs,  1836. 

Miss  S.  R.  Wilson,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

28.  William  Hasell  Gibbes,  1836.    Master  in  Equity,  1830. 

Miss  S.  R.  Wilson,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

29.  Dr.  R.  W.  Gibbes,  Columbia,  S.  C,  1829. 

30.  Hon.  R.  B.  Gilchrist,   1841.    Judge  U.  S.  Court. 

Eraser — Continued:  62 
61 


13 1.  Reverend  Alexander  Glennie. 

Mrs.  Glennie,  Charleston. 

132.  Dr.  Joseph  Glover,  iSiS. 

133.  Mrs.  Joseph  Glover,  181 8. 

134.  James  Gourdin.  Rectangular.  Signed:  "C.  Fraser, 
Charleston,  July  1824."  3^4  x  433.  Mr.  Herbert 
L.  Pratt. 

135.  Theodore  Gourdin. 

136.  Mrs.  Theodore  Gourdin,  1826. 

Mrs.  W  De  Saussure,  Charleston. 

137.  Mrs.  John  Gravson. 

138.  Honorable  Thomas  S.  Grimke.    State  Senator,  S.  C. 

139.  Major  Elnathan  Haskell,  Officer  Revolutionary  Army. 

1 40.  Lady  Hamilton.   After  Romney. 

A.  M.  Manigault,  Charleston,  1857. 

141.  Harriet  Hampton.   About  1847.    ^y^x^ys. 

Mr.  R.  P.  Tolman,  Washington,  D.  C. 

142.  General  Robert  Y.  Hayne.  1827.  Governor;  U.  S. 
Senator. 

143.  General  James  Hamilton.  183;;.  M.  C.  and  Governor  of 
S.  C. 

144.  A.  H.  Hayden,  1842. 

145.  H.  S.  Hayden,  1838. 

146.  Mr.  Heywood.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

147.  Nathaniel  Heyward,  1829. 

Mr.  J.  Heyward,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

1 48.  Nathaniel  Heyward. 

Mr.  J.  Heyward,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

1 49.  Nathaniel  Heyward. 

Miss  Marie  Heyward,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

150.  William  Heyward,  1837. 

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62 


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151.  William  Heyward,  Prince  William's  Parish,  copy. 

152.  William  Manigault  Heywood.    After  Malbone.  4x3^. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

153.  Mrs.  Wm,  E.  Haskell  (1810-1841).    Painted  in  1838. 

154.  Elias  Horry  the  Huguenot  (i  664-1 736).    Copy. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

155.  Colonel  Elias  Horry,  son  of  foregoing. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

156.  Elias   Horry,    son    of  Thomas   Horry.     Engraved    by 
Longacre.         Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

157.  Mrs.  Elias  Horry,  daughter  of  Thomas  Horry. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

158.  Colonel  Peter  Horry,  cousin  of  Thomas  Horry. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

159.  Thomas  Horry,  grandson  of  the  Huguenot. 

Dr.  F.  L.  Frost,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

160.  J.  R.  Horsey,  1839. 

161.  Mrs.  Horsey. 

162.  Colonel  Paul  Hamilton. 

163.  Colonel   Francis   Kinlock  Huger.     1825.     Adj.  Gen'l. 
War  of  1 81 2. 

164.  John  Huger. 

165.  Dr.  Benjamin  Huger. 

166.  Alfred  Huger.    1820.   Post  Master,  Charleston. 

167.  John  Hume.    1822.   Aid  to  Marion. 

Mr.  W.  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

168.  John  Hume.   1841.  Duplicate. 

Mr.  T.  G.  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

169.  John  Hume.  After  Fraser. 

Miss  C.  Jervey,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

170.  Captain  Duncan  N.  Ingraham,  U.  S.  N.,  1830. 

Fraser — Continued:  64 
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171.  Mrs.  Ingraham,  1830, 

172.  Micah  Jenkins,  1825. 

173.  James  Jervey,  1818. 

174.  Dr.  Joseph  Johnson,  author  of  "Revolutionary  Remin- 
iscences,"  etc. 

175.  William  E,  Johnson,  1823. 

176.  Andrew  Johnstone,  1826. 

177.  Mrs.  Johnstone. 

178.  Edward  Jones. 

179.  Reverend  A.  C.  Kaufman,  1837. 

180.  T.  J.  Kerr,  1826. 

181.  Honorable  Mitchell  King,  1826. 

182.  Mrs.  Mitchell  King,  1826. 

Major  T.  G.  Barker,  Charleston. 

183.  Lafayette,  1825.  The  City  of  Charleston. 

184.  Lafayette,  1825.  Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey,  N.  Y.,  1920. 

185.  Mrs.  Laborde,  1838. 

186.  James  H.  Ladson,  1826.   3  >^  x  3 3^  oval. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

187.  Mrs.  James  H.  Ladson,  1826. 

Miss  Isabel  Ladson,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

188.  Mrs.  James  H.  Ladson  at  the  age  of  16. 

Miss  Isabel  Ladson,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

189.  Mrs.  M.  Horry  Laurens,  1830. 

190.  Mrs.  Henry  Laurens,  daughter  of  Chief  Justice  Rut- 
ledge. 

191.  John  B.  Laurens,  1818. 

192.  Mrs.  James  Lamb,  1834. 

193.  Mrs.  Paul  S.  H.  Lee,  nee  Van  Rhyn. 

194.  T.  Marchant  Legare. 

Mrs.  Gadsen  King,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

Eraser — Continued:  65 
64 


195-    William  Seabrook  Legare. 

196.  Dr.  Le  Seigneur.    "Engraved  from  Mr.  Eraser's  minia- 
ture."  1834. 

197.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Levy,  1824. 

198.  John  W.  Lewis. 

199.  Honorable  Robert  H.  McCarter  of  New  Jersey,  1845. 

200.  James  J.  McCarter,  1828. 

201.  Mrs.  W.  Mayrant,  1842. 

Miss  K.  Simons,  Charleston. 

202.  Samuel  Mayrant,  1839. 

203.  S.  Mayrant,  1834. 

204.  Colonel  James  Elliott  McPherson,  1818. 

205.  Master  Isaac  O'Brian  Smith  McPherson,  1823. 

206.  Master  J.  W.  McPherson,  1823. 

207.  General  McPherson.   x'\fter  Malbone,  181 8. 

208.  H.  B.  Mazyck,  1826. 

209.  Mrs.  H.  B.  Mazyck,  1826. 

Miss  S.  G.  Mazyck,  Charleston. 

210.  Mrs.  Charles  Miot,  1830. 

211.  Thomas  Middleton  in  costume. 

212.  Andrew  Moffett,  1849. 

213.  S.  P.  Monk,  1830. 

214.  Mrs.  Moodie,  1830. 

215.  Dr.  Edward  Mitchell. 

Mr.  G.  S.  Holmes,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

216.  General  William  Moultrie,  1802.' 

Dr.  James  Moultrie,  1857. 

217.  Napoleon.   Copy,  1830. 

Hon.  R.  C.  Winthrop,  Boston,  1857. 

218.  Mrs.  Nelson,  1833. 

219.  Dr.  North. 

Eraser — Continued:  66 
65 


220.  Dr.  Edward  W.  North,  1829. 

221.  Henry  Ogden.  Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

222.  Mrs.  E.  Patton,  1836. 

223.  H.  W.  Peronneau,  1842. 

224.  Captain  Thomas  Petigru. 

225.  James  L.  Petigru,  LL.D.  1834. 

226.  James  L.  Petigru,  LL.D,  181 8. 

227.  Mrs.  James  L.  Petigru,  1820. 

228.  William  Petigru.    Oval.    2  ^'^3^-    Mr.  Herbert  L. 
Pratt. 

229.  Daniel  O'Hara.   From  memory. 

230.  General    Charles   Cotesworth   Pinckney.     Indian   ink 
drawing. 

231.  General  Charles  Cotesworth  Pinckney,  1823. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Pinckney. 

232.  Colonel  R.  R.  Pinckney. 

233.  Mrs.  R.  Q.  Pinckney. 

234.  Joel  R.  Poinsett,  M.  C.  Secretary  of  War,  Minister  to 
Mexico. 

235.  Mrs.  Porcher,  1839. 

236.  John  Julius  Pringle,  Attorney  General. 

Mr.  D.  E.  Huger,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1920. 

237.  John  Julius  Pringle,  1803.   Duplicate. 

238.  John  Julius  Pringle,  Jr.  1803.  Miss  R.  Pringle. 

239.  J.  McPherson  Pringle,  1834. 

240.  Colonel  James  R.  Pringle,  President  S.  C.  Senate. 

241.  Robert  Pringle,  the  emigrant.    Copy,  1845. 

Miss  S.  Pringle. 

242.  Miss  Rosa  Pringle,  1839. 

Miss  R.  Pringle,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

243.  Mrs.  William  Pringle. 

Miss  S.  Pringle,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

Eraser — Continued:  67 
66 


244-    Captain  John  Pratt,  1831. 

245.  William  D.  Porter,  S.  C.  Senator,  1838. 

246.  Mrs.  Samuel  Prioleau,  181 8. 

Miss  C,  P.  Ravenel,  Charleston,  S.  C.,1902. 

247.  Mrs.  Samuel  Prioleau,  1818,    Copy. 

248.  Mrs.  Samuel  Prioleau,  181 8.    Copy. 

249.  Dr.  T.  G.  Prioleau,  S.  C.  Medical  College.    1835. 

250.  John  Pyatt. 

251.  Mrs.  Martha  Pyatt. 

252.  Dr.  Alfred  Raoul. 

253.  Mrs.  Raoul,  1836. 

254.  Alexander  Robertson,  1 84I. 

255.  Mrs.  W.  Robertson,  1831. 

The  Misses  Blacklock,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

256.  Arthur  G.  Rose,  1840. 

257.  Hugh  Rose,  1826. 

258.  Dr.  James  Read.    Copy. 

259.  Dr.  William  Read,  of  the  Revolutionary  x^rmy.    1824. 

260.  Mrs.  T.  M.  Rhett,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

261.  Colonel  William  Rhett,  1845.    Copy. 

262.  Charles  E.  Roward. 

263.  R.  W.  Roper. 

264.  Mrs.  Catherine  Ravenel,  1838. 

265.  Daniel  Ravenel,  1839. 

266.  Henry  Ravenel,  1820. 

267.  Nathaniel  Russell.  Eraser's  first  professional  miniature, 
1818. 

268.  Mrs.  Frederick  Rutledge,  1852. 

Mrs.  St.  Julien  Ravenel,  1902. 

269.  Master  States  Rutledge.   Eraser's  first  miniature,  1792. 

270.  Mrs.  Frederick  Rutledge,  1849. 

Eraser — Continued:  68 
67 


271.  General  John  Rutledge,  1849. 

272.  General  John  Rutledge.    Copy. 

273.  Chief  Justice  Rutledge.    Copy  after  Trumbull,  181 8. 

274.  E.  C.  Rutledge,  U.  S.  N.  1818. 

Mrs.  St.  Julien  Ravenel,  1902. 

275.  Colonel  E.  M.  Seabrook. 

276.  Captain  Shubrick,  brother  of  the  ancestor  of  the  present 
family. 

277.  Mr.  Shubrick,  son  of  the  ancestor  of  the  present  family. 

278.  Colonel  Thomas  Shubrick,  son  of  the  above. 

279.  Mrs.  Shubrick,  wife  of  Thomas  Shubrick. 

280.  Dr.  B.  B.  Simons. 

281.  Harris  Simons,  1830. 

282.  Mrs.  Harris  Simons. 

283.  Keating  Simons,  181 8.    Aid  to  Marion. 

Miss  K.  Simons,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

284.  Keating  Simons,  duplicate. 

285.  Thomas  Grange  Simons,  1845. 

286.  Mrs.  T.  Y.  Simons. 

287.  Mrs.  James  Smith. 

288.  Right  Reverend  Robert  Smith.    After  Earle. 

289.  John  Martin  Smith,  Florida,  1837. 

290.  John  Smythe,  1824. 

291.  Reverend  Charles  Blair  Snowden. 

Mrs.  Yates  Snowden,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

292.  John  Jacob  Snell.        Mr.  Herbert  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

293.  Master  Toomer.  . 

294.  Joshua  W.  Toomer,  181 8. 

295.  Miss  Eliza  Taylor. 

296.  Mrs.  Paul  Trapier. 

Mrs.  S.  Martin,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

Eraser — Continued:  69 
68 


197-    ^'"""^  T.  Trapier,  as  a  child. 

298.  Mrs.  Lewis  Trapman,  1822. 

299.  Mrs.  Paul  Trenholm. 

300.  Edward  Trescott. 

301.  Mrs.  Edward  Trescott,  1821. 

302.  Henry  Trescott,  1822. 

303.  Mrs.  Henry  Trescott,  1821. 

304.  Robert  J.  Turnbull.    Copy. 

305.  Robert  J.  Turnbull. 

306.  Charles  H.  Tunis,  1826. 

307.  Stephen  Van   Rensselaer.      Engraved   by  G,   Parker. 

308.  Governor  Arnoldus  Van  der  Horst,  1841. 

309.  General  A.  Van  der  Horst. 

Mrs.  Van  der  Horst,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

310.  Colonel  J.  J.  Ward  of  Waccamaw,  first  to  grow  big 
grain. 

311.  Mrs.  J.  D.  Ward. 

312.  Reverend  Joseph  Walker,  1845. 

313.  George  Washington.    From  memory.    Ink. 

Mrs.  Stock,  1857. 

314.  George  Washington.    From  memory. 

Charles  Manigault,  1857. 

315.  Honorable  William  Waters,  Judge  S.  C,  181 8. 

316.  Mrs.  Wilkes,  181 8. 

317.  Mrs.  Allston  White.  Mrs.  T.  S.  Grimke. 

318.  John  Blake  White,  author,  lawyer  and  artist. 

319.  Plowden  Weston,  1738-1827. 

320.  A.  S.  Willington,  Editor,  "Charleston  Courier,"  1834. 

321.  C.  Williman,  Jr. 

322.  James  M.  Wilson. 

Reverend  R.  Wilson,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

Eraser — Continued:  70 
69       . 


323.  Dr.  Samuel  Wilson. 

324.  Miss   Maria   L.   Whitridge,  later   Mrs.   Frothingham, 
Boston. 

32^;.    J.  BowdoinWinthrop,  second  son  of  Governor  Winthrop. 

326.  Joseph  Winthrop,  1826. 

327.  Joseph  Winthrop,  copy. 

Miss  Carolvn  Winthrop,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

328.  Charles  Winthrop,  1827. 

329.  Miss  Marv  Winthrop. 

330.  Miss  Jane  Winthrop,   1802. 

Miss  Carolyn  Winthrop,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

331.  Alice  Belin  Flagg.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

332.  Paul  Weston. 

223-    Dr.  Elisha  Poinsett.    Attributed  to  Fraser. 
334.    Mary  Shubrick  Horrev.    Engraved  by  Longacre. 
33;.    David  Ramsav.    "Engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre  from 

the  drawing  by  C.  Frazer  [sic]  after  a  painting  by  C. 

W.  Peale."     Longacre's  "National  Portrait  Gallery." 

336.  Mrs.  Wade  Hampton  (b.  i8i8-d.    about  1858).  3H  x 
25s.        Mr.     R.     P.     Tolman,     Washington,     D.     C. 

337.  Captain  Charles  Bertodv.    3,^4  x  3.    Formerly  owned 
bv  Mrs.  Howard  Bertodv. 

FREEMAN,  George 

b.    April  21^  17^7 -,  Spring  Hill,  Conn.;    d.  March.  7,  1868^ 

Hartford,  Coyin. 
'Miniature  painter  on  porcelain  and  ivory. 

George  Freeman's  miniatures  are  generally  cabinet 
size.  From  18 13-1837  he  was  in  Paris  and  London. 
While  in  London  he  painted  portraits  of  Queen  Victoria 
and  Prince  Albert. 

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1.  James  Brown.  N,  A.  Exhibition,   1844. 

2.  Mrs.  James  Brown.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1844. 

3.  Nicholas  Biddle.    73^x5.    1838. 

Mr.  Edward  Biddle,  Pa. 

4.  Mrs.  Nicholas  Biddle.    3>^x2^<.    1838. 

Mr.  Edward  Biddle,  Pa. 

5.  Mrs.  John  Butler.  Miss  A.  Biddle,  Pa.,  1898. 

6.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Craig,  nee  Sarmiento.     2^'^ '^  3- 

Mr.  E.  Biddle,  Pa. 

7.  Mrs.  Sigourney,  18 10.  Engraved  by  F.  E.  Jones. 

8.  President  Tyler.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1844. 

9.  Mrs.  J.  W.  Wallace.         Mrs.  J.  W.  Wallace,  Pa.,  1898. 

10.  Dorothy  Francis  Willing. 

11.  Miniature  of  a  Child.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1842. 

FROTHINGHAM,  Miss  Sarah  C. 
b.    1S21;  d.    Ju/y  20,  /S6/,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Sarah  Frothingham  exhibited  miniatures  at  the 
National  Academy  Exhibition  during  1 838-1 842.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  James  Frothingham,  N.  A. 

FULTON,  Robert 

b.    November  //,  //^J,  Little  Britain,  Perm.;   d.   February 

2j,  iS/^y  New  York. 
Inventor  and  artist. 

The  inventor  of  the  first  successful  steamboat,  Robert 
Fulton's  early  career  was  that  of  an  artist,  and  during 
1782-1785  he  painted  landscapes  anci  portraits.  He  is 
listed  in  the  directory  for  1785  in  Philadelphia  as 
exclusively  a  miniature  painter.    Among  his  oil  portraits 

Frothingham — Fulton:  72 
71 


is  one  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  His  later  activities  need 
not  be  written  about  here  —  he  relinquished  art  early  in 
life.  The  panel  portrait  of  Joel  Barlow  was  engraved 
by  Durand  for  "The  National  Portrait  Gallery,"  1834. 

I.    Samuel  Beach.   About  1786.     Worcester  Art  Museum. 

1.    Ann  Conyngham.        Mr.  J.  Conyngham  Stevens,  1913. 

3.  Mrs.  David  H.  Conyngham. 

Mrs.  W.  B.  Stevens,  1913. 

4.  Self  portrait.         The  Lucy  Wharton  Drexel  Collection. 

5.  John  Wilkes  Kittera.    About  1786. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

6.  Mary  Kittera.  About  1786.    Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

7.  Clementina  Ross.    About  1786. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

8.  Walter  Livingston.    Attributed. 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Livingston,  1892, 

9.  Colonel  Michael  McCurdy. 

Mrs.  George  McHenry,  1913. 
10.    Mary  Conyngham.   Miniature  in  a  ring. 

Mrs.  A.  C.  S.  Krumbhaar,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  191 5. 

FURNASS,  John  Mason 

b.   March.  4,  ^763,  Boston;    d.    June  22^  1804,  Dedham, 

Mass. 

Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  water-color. 

In  the  "Independent  Chronicle,"  Boston,  April  21, 
1785,  John  M.  Furnass  inserted  an  advertisement  saying 
that  he  had  "taken  a  large  and  comodious  Chamber  at 
Mrs.  Sheaffe's  (nearly  opposite  Mr.  Carter's  Writing 
School)  formerly  improved  by  Mr.  Smibert  and  lately 
by  Mr.  King,  Limners  ....  is  a  native  of  Boston." 
Furnass  was  the  nephew  of  Nathaniel  Hurd  the  engraver, 

Furnass:  73 
72 


GERMAN,  John  D. 

Flourished  iSjy,  New  York: 
Miniature  painter. 

GERRY,  Samuel  L. 

b.  May  lo,  iSij^  Boston;  d.  April,  iSgi,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

GILLESPIE,  J.  H. 

Flourished  lygj-iSjo,  England,  Scotland  and  Canada. 
Silhouette  painter. 

J.  H.  Gillespie  worked  in  London,  Edinburgh  and 
Liverpool  before  visiting  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  in  1829. 
He  painted  with  the  aid  of  an  instrument  and  worked  in 
various  manners.  The  inscription  on  the  back  of  one 
of  his  silhouettes  gives  the  following  information: 
"Likenesses  drawn  in  one  minute  by  J.  H.  Gillespie, 
profile  painter."  It  is  possible  that  he  also  painted 
miniatures  and  was  the  artist  who  painted  the  portraits 
of  George  Turner,  Dr.  James  V.  Turner  and  Mrs. 
James  V.  Turner  at  the  "Miniature  Loan  Exhibition" 
at  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

GIMBER,  Stephen  H. 

b.  1810?  England;  still  living  in  Philadelphia  in  1862. 
Engraver  in  line,  mezzotint  and  stipple,  lithographer  and 
miniature  painter. 

Stephen  Gimber  was  an  Englishman  who  came  to 
New  York  about  1830  and,  during  1 832-1 833,  worked 
on  the  same  plates  with  A,  L.  Dick.  Between  1836- 
1842  he  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  Annual  Exhibitions 
of  the  National  Academy.    From  1850  to  1862  he  lived 

in  Philadelphia. 

German — Gimber:  74 

73 


GIMBREDE,  Thomas 

b.    lySi  in  France;   d.    December^  1832^  West  Pointy  N.  Y. 
Engraver  and  miniature  painter. 

Thomas  Gimbrede  came  to  New  York  in  1802  and 
was  first  known  as  a  miniature  painter  and  dancing 
master.  Later  he  practised  engraving  and  furnished 
plates  to  the  "Porto-Folio"  and  other  periodicals.  He 
received  the  appointment  as  instructor  in  drawing  at 
West  Point  in  January,  1819,  where  he  remained  until 
his  death. 

1,  M,  Schley,  signed  "Gimbrede."     lY^^iy^. 

Ehrich  Galleries. 

2.  Thomas  Jefferson.     "Gimbrede  Del  and  Sculp  N.  Y." 

Wait's:  "American  State  Papers,"  1819. 

GIRAULT 

Flourished  lygS^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

GODDING,  William  C. 

Flourished  1813^  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

GOODRIDGE,  Sarah 

b.    February  5,   lySS,    Templeton^    Mass.;     d.     December 

28,  i8sjy  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

Sarah  Goodridge  or  Goodrich  as  her  name  was 
frequently  spelled  received  instruction  in  181 2  from 
Gilbert  Stuart.  Some  account  of  her  is  given  in  Mason's 
"Life  of  Gilbert  Stuart." 

Gimbrede — Goodridge:  75 
74 


1.  Christopher    C,    Baldwin,      3>^x2f^.      Rectangular. 

Am.   Antiquarian   Society. 

2.  Self  Portrait,  arched  top.  434  x  4>^.     Boston  Museum. 

3.  General  Henry  Lee.  Mr.  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

4.  Grenville  Mellan.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

5.  A  Revolutionary  Officer.    2^4.  x  2.        Ehrich  Galleries. 

6.  Fitz  William  Sargeant. 

Miss  E.  B.  Pleasants,  Pa.,  1897. 

7.  James  Sayville.  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

8.  Gilbert  Stuart.    3^x2^8.        Metropolitan    Museum. 

9.  Gilbert  Stuart.         Mr.  Samuel  Honey,  Newport,  1892. 

10.  Gilbert  Stuart,  1825.     2  3^  x  2  Vie-      Boston  Museum. 

11.  Russell  Sturgis.    4>^x3Vi6.    After  Stuart. 

Boston  Museum. 

12.  Daniel  Webster,  1827. 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

13.  Daniel    Webster,     1830.  Bowdoin    College. 

14.  Daniel  Webster,  1831.         Miss  Walker,  Boston,  1897. 

15.  Daniel  Webster,  1833. 

Senator  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  191 2. 

16.  Daniel  Webster,  1836. 

Mr.  E.  Appleton,  Boston,  1897. 

17.  Daniel  Webster,  1845, 

The  Late  Charles  Henry  Hart. 

18.  Daniel    Webster.  Mr.    Herbert    L.    Pratt. 

19.  General   Knox.    After  Stuart.  Bowdoin  College. 

GREATH 

Flourished  ///j-///^,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

"About   the   year    1773   o*"   4   '^   Swedish  gentleman 
named  Greath  visited  Philadelphia.    It  was  said  that  he 

Greath:  76 

75 


only  painted  for  his  amusement  and  it  was  a  favour  to 
get  him  to  paint  a  portrait  in  miniature."  Charles 
Willson  Peale  to  Rembrandt  Peale,  October  28,  181 2. 

GREINER,  Christopher 

Flourished  18^7-1864,  Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  a?id  miniature. 
I.    Daniel  Billmeyer.    2^x1  li. 

Historical    Society   of  Penn. 

GRIFFING,  Martin 

b.    1^84;  d.    18^9. 

Painter  of  colored  profiles. 

See  Ethel  S.  Bolton's  "Wax  Portraits  and  Sil- 
houettes." He  worked  in  Massachusetts,  Vermont  and 
New  York. 

GUILLETT,  Madame  J. 

Flourished  18^^-1842,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan  in  a  letter  to  the  writer 
states  that  Madame  Guillett  painted  many  miniatures 
in  Virginia. 
1-5.    Five  Miniatures. 

N.  A.   Exhibition,  N.  Y.,   1838. 

6.  Charles  Mathews.         N.  A.  Exhibition,  N.  Y.,  1839. 

7.  Moses   Paul.      (18 15-1848.)      Painted   in   Petersburg, 
Va.,  about  1839.    -/^  x  2.         Mrs.  John  Hill  Morgan. 

8.  Virginia  Johnson. 

9.  Martha  Pegram,  later  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Stainback,  of 
Petersburg,  Va. 

Mrs.  Waller  Morton,  Richmond,  Va. 
Greiner — Guilette:  77 
76 


HAAG,  C. 

FloH?-ished  1848^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 
•     C.    Haag    exhibited    "miniature    portraits"    at    the 
National  Academy  Exhibition  in  1848. 

HAINES,  William 

b.    June    21^    1778-,    Bedhampton^    Hampshire,    England; 

d.    July  24,  1848,  East  Brixton,  England. 
Engraver  and  portrait  painter  iti  miniature  aiid  oils. 

At  Northaw  William  Haines  was  apprenticed  to  Thew 
the  engraver.  He  sailed  for  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  in 
1800  and  at  Cape  Town  made  a  number  of  drawings  of 
the  natives.  He  afterwards  went  to  Philadelphia  and 
was  employed  as  a  book  illustrator  and  engraver.  In 
1805  he  returned  to  England  and  was  for  a  time  in 
Chichester.  Shortly  after  he  went  to  London  and 
painted  many  portraits,  in  oil  and  miniature,  and 
exhibited  at  the  Royal  Academy  Exhibitions  from  1808 
to  1830.  About  the  latter  year  an  inheritance  induced 
him  to  retire  to  East  Brixton. 
I.    Benjamin  Rush. 

"Painted  and  Engraved  by  Wm.  Haines." 
1.    Benjamin  Smith  Barton. 

"Painted  &  engraved  by  W.  Haines." 
3.    Thomas  Moore.    "Painted  &  engraved  by  W.  Haines." 

HALL,  Ann 

b.    May  1792,  Pom/ret,  Conn.;   d.    iS6j,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

x^NN  Hall  studied  in  Newport  under  Samuel  King 
and  later  in  New  York  under  Alexander  Robertson. 

Haag— Hall -.78 
77 


She  exhibited  at  the  National  Academy  during  1845- 
1849. 

1.  Samuel  Ward,  Jr. 

2.  Mrs.  Jay  and  her  child. 

3.  Dr.  John  W.  Francis. 

4.  The  Children  of  Samuel  Ward. 

5.  J.  Prescott  Hall. 

Loan  Exhibit,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

6.  J.  Prescott  Hall,  as  a  youth. 

Loan  Exhibit,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

7.  Mrs.  Harriette  Hall. 

Loan  Exhibit,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

8.  Mrs.  Henry  Bedlow. 

Loan  Exhibit,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

9.  Miniature  of  an  Unknown  Woman. 

Mr.  T.  H.  Gage,  Worcester. 
HALL,  Henry  Bryan 

b.    March  11,   1808,  London;    d.    April  ^5,   1884,  Mor- 

risania,  N.  Y. 
Engraver,  etcher  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
H.  B.  Hall  was  a  pupil  of  Hoppner  Meyer  and  was 
employed  by  H.  T.  Ryall  to  engrave  a  plate  from  a 
painting  called  "The  Coronation  of  Queen  Victoria." 
Among  his  portraits  in  oil  are  those  of  Napoleon  III, 
painted  in  London  and  Thomas  Sully  and  C.  L.  Elliott 
painted  in  the  United  States. 

HANCOCK,  Nathaniel 
Flourished  i'/g2-i8oQ. 
Miniature  painter. 

In  the  Boston  "Independent  Chronicle"  for  May  3, 
1792,  there  is  a  notice  of  the  death  of  Hancock's  wife. 

Hall — Hancock:  79 
78 


In  the  same  paper  for  1799  Hancock  inserted  an  adver- 
tisement as  an  artist.  Dr.  Bentley  wrote  in  1801 
"I  saw  at  the  public  house  Mr.  Hancock  of  Boston  who 
had  come  to  Exeter  as  a  miniature  painter."  In  1805  he 
moved  to  Salem  and  in  October  of  the  next  year  the 
Doctor  records  a  conversation  with  Hancock  concerning 
Gilbert  Stuart,  then  working  in  Boston.  January  1809, 
the  Doctor  writes  quaintly:  "Mr.  Hancock  gave  me 
for  a  letter  of  his  daughter,  an  account  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  King's  Chapel  at  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Carey." 
On  certain  bill  heads  printed  in  Boston,  according  to 
Mr.  Mantle  Fielding  is  the  signature  "Hancock,  set. 
Boston"  and  it  may  be  that  Nathaniel  Hancock  was 
identical  with  this  engraver. 
I.    Colonel  William  R.  Lee.    2>^  x  2. 

Essex  Institute. 

HANSELL,  George  H. 

Flourished  1844-18^'/^  New  York. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Hansell  exhibited  a  "miniature  of  a  little  girl"  at  the 
National  Academy  in  1844. 

HARKINS,  Robert 

Flourished  1841-1842^  Brooklyn. 
Miniature  painter. 

HARVEY,  George 

Flourished  i8jy-i840^  New  York. 

Landscape  and  miniature  painter. 

I.    Reverend  E.  Mead.  N.  l\.  Exhibition,  1837. 

1.    G.  Thompson.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1840. 


Hansell — Harvey:  80 


79 


3-    Reverend  Dr.  Wainwright.         N.  A.  Exhibition,  1840. 

4.    Daniel  Webster.     5XX4.     Signed  on  reverse:    "Geo. 

Harvey."  Ehrich  Galleries. 

HATHAWAY,  J. 

Flourished  i8jj^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

HAZLITT,  John 

b.    77^7,    baptised    July    (5,    Marshfield,    Gloucestershire^ 

England;  d.    May  16^  ^Sjy^  Stockport,  England. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

John  Hazlitt  was  the  elder  brother  of  William 
Hazlitt  the  essayist.  The  father,  a  Unitarian  minister, 
moved  the  family  to  Maidstone  in  1770  where  William 
Hazlitt  was  born  in  1778.  They  then  moved  to  Brandon, 
near  Cork,  Ireland.  On  April  3,  1783  they  embarked  for 
the  United  States  arriving  in  New  York  on  May  26. 
In  this  country  the  elder  Hazlitt  preached  in  many 
cities.  He  took  his  family  to  Perth  Amboy,  Burlington 
and  finally  to  Philadelphia  where  it  is  recorded  in  a 
family  journal  that  John  Hazlitt  was  taken  by  his 
father  to  a  week  day  gathering  at  St.  Peter's  Church  to 
get  a  sight  of  George  Washington.  The  family  went  in 
August  1784  to  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  travelling 
by  way  of  Burlington,  New  York,  Newport  and  Provi- 
dence. They  lived  here  from  1785  to  July  1786.  During 
this  time  John  often  went  with  his  father  to  Hingham, 
Salem  and  Boston.  In  Salem,  1785,  he  advertised  to 
paint  miniatures.  In  Boston  during  the  same  year  he 
advertised  with  J.  Dunkerley  to  open  a  drawing  school. 

Hathaway — Hazlitt:  81 

80 


At  Hingham  one  of  his  portniits  was  a  pastel  of  Rev- 
erend Ebenezer  Gay  and  about  this  time  he  painted  on 
a  brooch  size  ivory  a  miniature  of  his  brother  William. 
In  July  1786  the  family  moved  to  Dorchester,  John 
often  visiting  Boston.  In  October  of  the  same  year  the 
elder  Hazlitt  sailed  for  England  and  was  joined  by  his 
family  in  1787,  at  Wem.  John  stayed  in  London  at  the 
home  of  a  friend  of  his  father.  He  presently  met  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds  and  in  1788,  exhibited  for  the  first 
time  at  the  Royal  Academy.  He  exhibited  annually 
thereafter  until  1819.  An  independent  outspoken  man  of 
great  gifts  he  counted  among  his  friends  Coleridge, 
Charles  Lamb,  Godwin,  Thelwall,  Holcroft,  and  Stod- 
dart.  Almost  nothing  is  known  of  his  stay  in  London 
from  1 819,  when  he  last  exhibited  at  the  Royal  Academy 
until  1832.  In  that  year  he  moved  to  Stockport  where 
he  died,  five  years  later. 

It  seems  almost  incredible  considering  the  incessant 
travels  of  the  Hazlitt  family  in  the  United  States  that 
John  Hazlitt  could  have  trained  himself  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  to  paint  such  an  excellent  miniature  01  his 
brother  judging  from  the  reproduction  printed  in  the 
"  Complete  Works  of  William  Hazlitt."  It  is  interesting 
to  know  that  about  that  time,  in  Dorchester,  John  was 
giving  the  future  essayist  his  first  Latin  lessons. 
.    Reverend  Ebenezer  Gay.   Pastel.    Drawn  in  the  United 

States. 
.    William  Hazlitt.   At  about  13  years  of  age.    Painted  in 
the  United  States.    Reproduced  in  "Collected  Works 
of  W^illiam  Hazlitt,"  London,  1904,  volume  i. 
.    William  Hazlitt.   About  1784.    Reproduced  Ibid.,  v.  4. 

Hazlitt — Co)itiniied:  82 


HEIDEMANS,  Henri 

Flourished  1841-1842^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

HENRI,  Pierre  or  Peter 

Flourished  i/'go-i8i2.,  London  and  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

Henri  probably  studied  at  the  Royal  x^cademy  in 
London.  He  painted  miniatures  both  in  Richmond  and 
Philadelphia.  In  1790  he  inserted  an  advertisement  in 
the  "Pennsylvania  Packet."  He  exhibited  as  late  as 
1 811  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy. 

1.  Self  portrait.  Mrs.  E.  Y.  Townsend,  Pa. 

2.  Mrs.    Beaumont    in    the    Character    of    the    Grecian 
Daughter.  Pennsylvania  Academy,  1811. 

HERRICK,  Henry  W. 

Flourished  184J.,  Nashville^  Tennessee. 
Miniature  painter. 

HERVIER,  Auguste 

Flourished  i82'/-i8^8^  England  and  the  United  States. 

Miniature  and  portrait  painter. 

Practically  the  only  source  of  information  concerning 
Hervier  is  to  be  found  in  the  "Life  of  Mrs.  Trollope. " 
In  1827  he  met  the  family  and  sailed  with  them  to  the 
United  States  in  that  year.  He  worked  for  awhile  in 
Memphis;  in  1828  he  was  in  Cincinnati;  and  during 
1 829-1 831  visited  various  other  cities.  In  1831  he  was 
back  in  England.  In  1835  he  accompanied  Mrs.  Trol- 
lope to  Paris  and  Vienna  and  illustrated  several  of  her 
books.    Exhibited  at  the  Royal  Academy  in  1824-27; 

Heidemans — Hervier:  83 
82 


1832-34,  1838-4I5  1845-47;  J859~55  ^^^^  1858.  Charles 
Henry  Hart  wrote  of  his  portrait  of  Andrew  Jackson: 
"It  is  mentioned  only  because  it  exists." 

HILL,  Pamela  E. 

b.    May  g,  /<Soj,  Farmington,  Mass.;  d.  /S60. 
Miniature  painter. 

Pamela  E.  Hill  exhibited  at  a  number  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  Exhibitions. 

1.  Mrs.  Joel  Thayer. 

2.  Miss  L.  B.  Vose. 

3.  Reverend  Croswell. 

4.  Reverend  Sharpe. 

5.  Miss  Walsingham. 

6-1 2.    Seven  portraits  of  members  of  the  family  of  Stephen 
Salisbury    II,    and    his    relatives,    painted    in     1843. 
Worcester  x-^rt  Museum 
13.    Mrs.  M.  G.  Choules.    Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1891. 

HILLYER,  William 

Flourished  18J4-1861.,  New  York. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

HiLLYER    belonged    to    the    miniature    and    portrait 
partnership  of  Miller  and  Hillyer. 

HITE,  George  H. 

Flourished  i8jQ-i86i,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Hite  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National  Academy 
from  1839  to  1849. 
I.    Mrs.  Coleman.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1849. 

Hill— Hite:  84 

83 


HOMAN,  S.  V. 

Flourished  18^4^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

HOPE,  Thomas  W. 

Flourished  iSjg-iS^^,  New  York. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

HOWES,  Samuel  P. 

Flourished  i82g-i8j^^  Boston. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 
I.    S.  Baker.  Boston  Athenaeum,  1833. 

HUDSON,  Jr.,  William 

Flourished  182^18^^,  Boston. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

I.    "Dr.  William  T.  G.  Morton,  discoverer  of  anEesthesia, 
painted  1845  by  W.  Hudson." 

U.  S.  National  Museum, 
HUNTINGTON,  Daniel 

b.    Oct.  14^  1816,  New  York;   d.  there,  Apr.  18,  igo6. 
Portrait,  historical  and  landscape  painter. 

Daniel  Huntington  attended  Hamilton  College  in 
1832  and  Y.  N.  University  in  1835.  Finally  he  turned  to 
art  as  a  profession  and  in  1837  exhibited  at  the  National 
Academy.  He  visited  Paris,  Florence  and  Rome  in 
1 839-1 840.  He  revisited  Florence  in  1 843-1 84^;.  In 
1 851  he  visited  London.  He  was  president  of  the 
National  Academy  from  1862  to  1869  and  from  1877 
to  1891. 
I.    Mrs.  Jay,  copy  from  a  French  Miniature. 

Bedford  House. 
Homan — Huntington:  85 


2.    Miniature,  in  oil,  of  a  Painter. 

"Painted  con  amore  for  a  Lady."    D.  Huntington. 

INGHx'\M,  Charles  Cromwell 

b.    i/'96  Dublin^  Ireland;  d.  'December  lo,  jS6j,  New  York. 
Portrait  a) id  miniature  painter. 

At  the  age  of  thirteen  Charles  Cromwell  Ingham 
studied  at  the  Dublin  Institution  and  after  a  year  took 
drawing  lessons  of  William  Cummings  from  1809  to 
1 8 13.  In  1 8 16  he  came  to  New  York.  One  of  the 
foundation  members  of  the  National  Academy  he  was 
vice  president  from  1845  ^^  1850. 
I.    Mrs.  J.  Green  Pierson,  about  1824. 

Mrs.  P.  K.  Paulding,  Cold  Spring,  N.  Y.,  1898. 

INMAN,  Henry 

b.    October  28^  iSoi^  Utica,  N.   Y.;  d.  January  //,  1S46, 

New  York. 

Portrait,  miniature  and  genre  painter. 

As  a  boy  the  work  of  Raphael  was  for  Inman  the 
highest  ideal,  and  he  took  drawing  lessons  from  an 
itinerant  drawing  teacher.  When  the  family  moved  to 
New  York  about  1812  he  continued  his  art  studies  at  a 
day  school.  The  father  encouraged  the  boy's  artistic 
inclinations  but  planned  for  his  entrance  to  West  Point. 
In  1 8 14,  however,  at  the  suggestion  of  John  Wesley 
Jarvis  he  turned  definitely  to  painting  as  a  career  and 
was  apprenticed  to  that  artist.  In  1822  he  married, 
took  a  studio  on  Vesey  Street  and  started  his  profes- 
sional life  as  an  artist.  Several  illustrations  for  Cooper's 
"Leatherstocking  Tales"  date  from  this  time.  He  was 
vice  president  of  the  National  Academy  from  1838  to 

Ingham — Inman:  86 
85 


1844-  During  1831  to  1835  he  lived  at  Mt.  Holly,  New 
Jersey,  and  Philadelphia.  A  genial  man  and  fond  of 
good  company,  at  the  dinner  given  to  Charles  Dickens 
in  1842  in  New  York  at  which  Washington  Irving  pre- 
sided, he  was  among  those  chosen  to  speak.  In  1843 
his  health  broke.  Three  friends,  James  Lenox,  Edward 
L.  Carey  and  Professor  Henry  Reed  gave  him  com- 
missions to  go  to  England  and  paint  portraits  of  Chal- 
mers, Macauley  and  Wordsworth,  as  much  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  trip  as  for  the  pictures.  He  sailed  for  England 
in  that  year  and  stayed  until  1845.  When  he  died  the 
following  January  steps  were  immediately  taken  to 
exhibit  his  work,  and  the  result  was  the  "Inman 
Gallery"  of  127  paintings. 

Inman  also  painted  landscapes  and  historical  and 
genre  pictures.  Among  the  many  sitters  to  his  portraits 
in  oil  were  Fitz-Greene  Halleck,  John  Marshall,  Thomas 
Sully  and  J.  J.  Audubon. 

1.  James  Bogart,  Jr.    About  1835. 

Miss  J.  Bogert,  1917. 

2.  Nicholas  Biddle.   2}ix2H- 

Mr.  Edward  Biddle,  Pa. 

3.  De  Witt  Clinton.   Sepia. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1836. 

4.  Fitz-Greene  Halleck.   Pencil.   3^x5. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

5.  Mrs.  Alexander  Hamilton. 

The  Misses  Hamilton,  New  York,  1897. 

6.  Alexander  Hamilton.   After  Ceracchi's  bust. 

7.  Chief  Justice  Marshall.    ^  x  K'- 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

8.  Portrait  of  a  Lady.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

Inman — Continued:  87 
86 


9-    Portrait  of  a  Child.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

10.  Portrait  of  a  Young  Man.   Oil.   About  5x7. 

The  N.  Y.  Public  Library. 

11.  Portrait  of  an  artist.    Sepia. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1827. 

12.  Mr.  Samuel  Vernon. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

INMAN,  John  O'Brian 

b.    182S,  New  York;   d.    1896. 
Painter  of  small  cabinet  portraits. 

John  O'Brian  Inman  was  the  son  of  Henry  Inman. 

JACKSON,  Edwin  W. 

Flourished  1846-184'/^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

JARVIS,  Charles  Wesley 

Flourished  i8jg-i86i.  New  York. 
Portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 

Charles  Wesley  Jarvis  was  the  reputed  son  of 
John  Wesley  Jarvis.  A  student  of  the  National  Acad- 
emy, he  exhibited  intermittently  at  the  annual  exhibi- 
tions from  1839  to  1850.  The  directory  for  1 845-1 846 
lists  him  as  a  miniature  painter —  the  later  entries  term 
him  a  portrait  painter. 

JARVIS,  JOHN  WESLEY 

b.    i'/8o-South  Shields.,  England;  d.  January  14^  ^8jg,  New 

York. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  father  of  John  Wesley  Jarvis  sailed  for  the  United 
States  and  left  the  boy,  who  was  still  very  young,  in  the 

Inman — Jarvis:  88 
87 


care  o\  his  inatcnial  uncle,  Jolin  Wcslcv,  the  touiulcr  of 
Methodism.  In  179;;  young  Jarvis  was  taken  to  Phihi- 
delphia.  He  starteci  lite  as  an  engraver,  aj^jirenticed  to 
Edward  Savage,  and  associated  with  David  Kdwin.  In 
1800  he  nioN'cd  with  Savage  to  New  York,  and  in  1  S02 
set  u}i  iiulepeiulentK'  as  an  engra\'er.  He  starteil  jtaint- 
ing  miniatures  in  1S04  and  opened  a  studio  with  Joseph 
Wooil.  In  1  805-1  ^^^^  Ounlap  records  a  visit  he  paid  with 
luiwaril  Malhone  to  the  studio  which  resulted  in 
Malhone's  gix'uig  them  both  assistance  in  miniature 
painting.  The  partnership  lastcil  until  1809  when 
Wood  left  tor  Philadelphia.  In  1810  Jar  vis  visited 
Charleston,  in  1811  Baltimore.  He  exhibited  in  Phila- 
delphia in  181:;  and  18 14.  Henrv  Inman  became  his 
ajiiM-eiuice  in  18  14  aiul  the  two  made  trequent  visits  to 
the  South  during  the  winter,  particularly  to  New 
Orleans.  In  18::  the\  were  in  Boston  together  —  it  was 
Inman's  last  \ear  ot  ajijirenttceshij\  In  1 8^^o  Jarvis's 
name  apj>ears  in  the  New  Orleans  directorv,  and  his 
stay  in  the  city  at  that  time  must  have  been  longer  than 
usual.  A  great  conversationalist  he  associated  with  such 
men  as  lr\ing.  Van  Wyke  and  ^'erplank  but  in  his  latter 
years  sank  into  obscuntw  He  ilied  in  extreme  j^overty 
at  the  house  ot  his  sister  Mrs.  Childs. 

jarvis's  portraits  are  ot  great  merit  and  he  was  one  of 
the  tirst  to  make  an  artistic  study  of  anatomy  in  this 
countrw  He  worked  with  great  ra}'>idity  and  with  the 
assistance  ot  Inman  sometmies  finished  a  portrait  in 
a  day. 
1.    Portrait  o\  the  Artist's  sister. 

Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

Jarvis — Confif/ned:  89 
88 


2.  Portrait  of  a  Man.    3x23.^.    Oval.    Signed:    "Jarvis 
1809."  Metropolitan  Museum. 

3.  Miss  Anderson.    3x238.   Oval. 

Mr.  Du  Puy,  Pittsburgh. 

4.  Christopher  Colles,  (1738-1821).    Oil.    j2xjo. 

N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 
JOCELYN,  Nathaniel 

b.    January  j/,  I7()6-,  New  Haven ^  Conn.;    d.   Ihei'e  Jan- 
uary ijy  1S81. 
Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  niiiiiature  and  oils. 

Na'ihaniki,  Jocklvn  started  to  study  drawing  in 
1 81 5.  In  I  8  17  he  was  associated  with  Tisdale,  Dan  forth 
and  Willard  in  the  Hartford  Bank  Note  Company,  and 
later,  with  Danforth,  practically  founded  the  National 
Bank  Note  Company.  In  1820  he  practiced  his  art  in 
Savannah.  He  visited  London  during  1829  and  1830 
with  S.  F.  B.  Morse.  He  worked  for  a  time  in  New  York 
and  became  an  Academician  in  1846.  The  latter  part 
of  his  life  he  spent  in  New  Haven,  where  he  had  a  studio 
in  the  "i'ale  Art  Building. 
I.    Charles  M.   Pope.         Mrs.  J.   M.   Etting,  Pa.,   1898. 

JONES,  William  F. 

Flourished  iS^.y-iS/f.g.,  Philadelphia. 

Miniature  painter. 

I.    "Full  Length  Cabinet  Picture — Siga  Truffi." 

Pennsylvania  x-^cademy,  1850. 

JOUETT,  Matthew  Harris 

b.    April  22 y  I'/S/'.,  near  Harrodshurg.,  Ky.;   d.    August /o, 

/S2y,  Lexington,  Ky. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Matthew    Harris    Jouett    went    to    Transylvania 

Jocclyn — Jouett:    90 
89 


University  in  1804  and  graduated  with  honors  in  1' 
He  then  entered  a  law  office  and,  after  a  year,  started 
practice  as  a  lawyer  in  Lexington.  During  the  War  of 
1 812  he  enlisted  as  a  volunteer  and  received  a  promotion 
from  President  Madison  in  18 13,  to  Paymaster  with  the 
rank  of  second  lieutenant.  At  the  end  of  the  war  he 
abandoned  law  and  took  to  his  favorite  vocation — 
painting.  His  father  was  greatly  displeased  at  this 
step  and  looked  upon  the  education  spent  on  his 
son  as  wasted.  However  young  Jouett  thrived  at 
painting  portraits  for  twenty-five  dollars  apiece  and 
finally  earned  enough  to  go  east  to  study.  In  1817  he 
set  out  on  horseback  for  Philadelphia  and  Boston.  In 
Boston  he  met  Gilbert  Stuart  and  became  a  favorite 
pupil.  George  P.  A.  Healy  wrote  that  Stuart  always 
addressed  Jouett  as  "Kentucky."  Jouett  remained  the 
rest  of  the  summer  and  in  the  fall  returned  to  Lexington, 
opened  a  studio  and  doubled  the  price  for  his  portraits. 
Here  he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life,  spending  his 
winters  in  New  Orleans. 

Jouett  was  a  portrait  painter  of  the  first  rank.  That 
he  was  successful  in  Kentucky  is  proved  by  the  story 
told  of  John  Neagle  who  intended  to  settle  in  Lexington 
but  left  when  he  saw  the  excellence  of  Jouett's  work. 

General  S.  W.  Price  in  "Old  Masters  of  the  Blue 
grass"  1902  prints  an  extensive  list  of  Jouett's  paintings. 
Mrs.  William  Allen. 

Mr.  R.  J.  Menefee,  Louisville,  Ky.,  1902. 
William  Brand. 

Mrs.  E.  N.  Warfield,  Pewee  Valley,  Ky.,  1902. 

Jouett — Continued:   91 

90 


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3-    Mrs.  Brand. 

Mrs.  E.  N.  Warfield,  Pewee  Valley,  Ky.,  1902. 

4.  Fortunatus  Cosby. 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Carpenter,  Louisville,  Ky.,  1902. 

5.  Captain  Robinson  De  Hart. 

Captain  William  De  Hart,  McComb,  Miss.,  1902. 

6.  Reverend  Joseph  Cabell  Harrison. 

Colonel  Blanton,  Duncan,  California,  1902. 

7.  Captain  Nat.  G.  Hart. 

Miss  Lizzie  B.  Hart,  Lexington,  Ky.,  1902. 

8.  Thomas  Hart.       Mrs.  Ella  A.  Harris,  Paris,  Ky.,  1902. 

9.  Mrs.  E.  P.  Humphrey. 

Mr.  E.  W.  C.  Humphrey,  Louisville,  Ky.,  1902. 

10.  A.  L.  Lewis.  Mrs.  Lewis,  Clark  Co.,  Ky.,  1902. 

11.  Stephen  Lewis. 

Mrs.  Thornton  Lewis,  Winchester,  Ky.,  1902. 

12.  Thornton  Lewis. 

Mrs.  Thornton  Lewis,  Winchester,  Ky.,  1902. 

13.  Major  John  Loving. 

Mr.  John  Loving,  Louisville,  Ky.,  1902. 

KEARNEY,  Francis 

b.    about  lySo^  Perth  Amhoy^  N.  J.;  d.    after  1SJ4. 

Engraver. 

I.    David  Garrick.  Lidia  ink. 

KELLOG,  Minor  K. 

Flourished  iSjg-iSjg. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Kellog  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy. 
In  1858  he  was  living  in  Paris.  \\\  1878-79  he  was  in 
New  York. 

Kearney — Kellog:   92 
91 


I.   Andrew  Jackson,  1839. 

Mrs.  Olive  L.  Kellog,  Cincinnati,  1897. 

KELLY,  Thomas 
Flourished  iSiy,  Halifax^  Nova  Scotia. 
Miniature  painter. 

KIMBERLY,  James  H. 

Flourished  1841-1843^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

KING,  Samuel 
b.   January  24^  i749->  Newport.,  R.  I.;  d.  there,  December 
20y  i8ig.    Instrument  maker  and  portrait  painter  in  oils 
and  miniature. 

Samuel  King  was  sent  as  a  boy  to  Boston  to  learn 
house  painting,  but  gave  up  the  trade  to  follow  the  pro- 
fession of  portrait  painting  in  Newport,  encouraged  by 
Cosmo  Alexander.  He  kept  a  shop  for  making  mathe- 
matical instruments  and  continued  at  odd  times  to 
practice  art.  He  gave  assistance  to  Edward  Malbone, 
Washington  Allston  and  C.  B.  King.  In  the  "Diary" 
of  Ezra  Stiles  is  the  following  entry:  "May  30,  1770. 
This  day  Mr.  Samuel  King  took  my  picture  in  minia- 
ture."  This  is  the  only  reference  the  writer  has  seen 
concerning  a  miniature  by  King. 

KNIGHT,  Charles 

Flourished  1811-1816,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

Charles  Knight  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania 
Academy.    It  is  possible  that  this   was  C.  Knight  the 

Kelly — Knight:   93 
92 


London    artist,    who    exhibited    i6    miniatures    at    the 
Royal  Academy  in  1793,  1796  and  1816. 

KRIMMEL,  John  Lewis 

b.    lySy  Wurtemburg^  Germany;  d.  "July  75,  1821^  Phila- 
delphia. 
Portrait  and  genre  painter. 

Krimmel  came  to  Philadelphia  in  18 10,  and  in  1811- 
181 2  he  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy.  His 
portraits  in  oils  are  said  to  be  cabinet  size. 

LABATUT 

Flourished  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
Miniature  painter. 

Labatut  was  a  Frenchman  whom  Washington  em- 
ployed to  paint  a  large  miniature  as  a  gift  for  General 
Charles  Cotesworth  Pinckney. 
I.    George  Washington.   Size,  including  case,  7x6.    1782. 
On  ivory.  Miss  E.  F.  Watson,  N.  Y.,  1881. 

LA  FARGE,  John 

Flourished  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century. 

Miniature  painter. 

Jean-Frederic  de  la  Farge  called  John  La  Farge, 
the  father  of  the  late  John  La  Farge,  was  a  French 
refugee  from  Santo  Domingo.  He  came  to  New  York 
and  painted  miniatures. 

LALANNE,  Mary  E. 

Flourished  i8jj,  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 


Krimmell — Lalanne:    94 


9:> 


LAMBDIN,  James  Reid 

b.   May  lo,  i8oj^  Pittsburg;  d.  January  j/,  i88g^  Phila- 
delphia. 
Portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 

The  pupil  in  Philadelphia  of  Edward  Miles  and 
Thomas  Sully,  Lambdin  worked  in  Pittsburg,  Mobile, 
and  for  a  while  in  Kentucky.  He  settled  permanently 
in  Philadelphia  in  1837  and  taught  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania.  His  son  George  C.  Lambdin  (1830- 
1896)  was  a  portrait  painter  and  crayon  portrait 
draughtsman. 

1.  Miniature  of  an  Artist. 

Pennsylvania  Academy,  1845. 

2.  Samuel  Richards.    (1769-1842.)    Rectangular.      4>^  x 
3^.  Mr.  Herbert  DuPuy,  Pittsburg. 

3.  Elizabeth  Richards  Bell.     (1810-1848.)    Oval.    4^  x 
3><.  Mr.  Herbert  DuPuy,  Pittsburg. 

4.  John  Tyler.  "Engraved  by  J.  B.  Forrest  from  a 
drawing  by  J.  R.  Lambdin. " 

Longacre's  "National  Portrait  Gallery." 

5.  Polly  Stuart  Webb  Vincent,  (i 822-1 883.)  Rectangu- 
lar. iH  X  2H.  Writing  on  back  states  it  was  painted 
by  J.  R.  Lambdin  in  New  York,  Dec,  1850. 

Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan,  N.  Y. 
LAMONT,  Daniel  G. 

Flourished  18^6-184'/^  New  York. 

Historical  painter,  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

LESLIE,  Charles  Robert 

b.    October  //,  //p^,  London,  England;   d.  there,  May  5, 
i8^().    Historical  and  portrait  painter. 

In    1799    Charles   Robert   Leslie   was    taken    by   his 

Lambdin — Leslie:    95 
94 


parents  who  were  natives  of  America,  to  the  United 
States.  His  father  established  himself  as  a  clock  maker 
in  Philadelphia  where  in  1808  the  boy  was  apprenticed 
to  a  bookseller.  With  one  of  his  employers  he  went, 
in  181 1,  to  London.  Here  he  presented  letters,  that 
Thomas  Sully  had  given  him,  to  West,  Beechey  and 
other  painters  for  he  had,  in  the  bookstore,  already 
shown  signs  of  artistic  ability.  He  was  elected  A.R.A. 
in  1821  and  R.A.  in  1825.  For  one  year,  in  1831,  he 
was  instructor  in  drawing  at  West  Point.  From  1848 
to  1 85 1  he  taught  at  the  Royal  Academy  Schools.  He 
was  also  a  writer  and  his  "Memoirs  of  John  Con- 
stable" were  published  in  1848.  His  "Autobiographical 
Recollections"  were  printed  after  his  death. 

1.  Commodore    Matthew   Galbraith    Perry.     1 795-1 858. 
Oil.  3x2.  Peabody  Museum,  Salem. 

2.  George  Frederick  Cook  as  Richard  III.    Drawing. 

3.  George  Frederick  Cook  as  Othello.   Drawing. 

L'ESTRANGE 

Flourished  i8j2~iSj4^  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

L'Estrange  was  an  Englishman  who  visited  Halifax 
from  1832  to  1834. 

LINEN,  George 

b.    i8o2y  Greenlaw,  Scotland;  d.    1888,  New  York. 
Portrait  painter. 

Linen  was  a  student  at  the  Royal  Scottish  Academy 
in  Edinburgh.    He  settled  in  New  York  in  1843.    """^^ 
following  are  diminutive  portraits  in  oil. 
I.    Colonel  William  Popham.         Metropolitan  Museum. 

L'Estrange — Linen:    96 
95 


2.  Daniel  Webster,  1838. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Linen,  Buffalo,  1897. 

3.  Henry  Clay,  1838. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Linen,  Buffalo,  1897. 

LIVERMORE,  Mrs. 

Flourished  184^-1848 ,  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

LIVINGSTON,  Harriet 

Flourished  1808-1820. 

Amateur  miniature  painter. 

Harriet  Livingston  became  the  wife  of  Robert 
Fulton  in  1 808.  On  the  reverse  of  a  miniature  of  Walter 
Livingston  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  W.  L.  Livingston, 
Flatbush,  1892,  is  the  inscription:  "The  likeness  of  my 
beloved  father.  Harriet  Livingston,  Tiviot  Dale 
Livingston  Manor."  It  is  reproduced  in  C.  W.  Bowen's 
"Centennial  of  the  Inauguration  of  Washington." 

LONGACRE,  James  Barton 

b.    Aug.  II J  I794-,  Delaware  Co.,  Pa.;  d.  January  /,  iSSg, 

Philadelphia. 
Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  water  colors. 

Longacre  was  the  descendant  of  a  Swedish  colonist 
who  settled  in  Delaware.  Apprenticed  to  George 
Murray  the  engraver  in  Philadelphia  he  started  engrav- 
ing professionally  in  18 19.  From  1834  to  1839  he 
published  the  work  known  as  "Herring  and  Longacre's 
National  Portrait  Gallery,"  a  source  book  for  engravings 
after  early  American  portraits.  Many  engravers  were 
employed  on   the  plates   and  James  Herring  was  his 

Livermore — Longacre:   97 
96 


associate  in  the  undertaking.  Longacre  was  an  engraver 
to  the  United  States  mint  from  1844  until  his  death  and 
designed  all  the  coins  struck  during  that  period.  He 
also  designed  the  coinage  for  the  Chilean  government. 
Some  "Extracts  from  the  Diary  of  James  Barton  Long- 
acre,"  were  published  in  the  "Pennsylvania  Magazine 
of  History"  for  1905. 

1.  Andrew  Jackson.  "Drawn  from  life.  September  23d 
1829  and  Engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre."  C.  H.  Hart 
wrote  "Longacre  painted  a  number  of  small  miiniatures 
from  it  for  breast  pins." 

2.  Andrew  Jackson,  1829.    Drawing. 

•    Mrs.  H.  C.  Wood,  Philadelphia,  1 897. 

3.  Daniel  Webster.  "Drawn  from  Life  &  Engraved  by 
James  B.  Longacre."    Drawing  in  Sepia,  1830. 

4.  Daniel  Webster.  A  second  drawing  in  Sepia,  1830. 

LORD,  Phoebe  Griffin 

b.   February  20,  ^797-,  East  Haddam,  Conn.;  d.    October  12^ 

187^^  Lyme. 
Miniature  painter  in  water  colors. 

She  later  became  Mrs.  P.  G.  L.  Noyes. 

LOVETT,  W^iLLiAM 

b.    I773-,  Boston;  d.    tJiej-e.,  June  2g^  /So/. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

But  one  miniature  by  Lovett  has  been  identified. 
There  is  also  an  engraving  by  Hill  dated  1798  after  a 
portrait  by  Lovett  of  Baker  the  actor.  In  the  Boston 
directories  he  is  listed  at  first  as  a  portrait  painter.    In 

Lord — Lovett:   98 
97 


i8oo,  however,  he  is  called  both  a  portrait  and  miniature 
painter,  living  at  Bromfield's  Lane. 

1.  Reverend  John  Clarke.  Essex  Institute. 

2.  Reverend  John  Clarke.    Replica.         Boston  Museum. 

LUND,  Theodore 

Flourished  iS/fi-iS^^^  New  York  and  Brooklyn. 
Miniature  painter. 

MACKINTOSH,  Miss  S.  B. 

Flourished  18^0,  Philadelphia. 

Miniature  painter. 

I.    Mrs.  Harriet  Houghton  Lane.    (1797-1850.) 

Mr.  T.  H.  Gage,  Worcester,  Mass. 

MACK 

Flourished  i8j4^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

McDOUGAL,  John  A. 

Flourished  i8j6-i8Si^  New  York  and  Newark. 
Miniature  painter. 

McDouGAL    exhibited    at    the    National    Academy- 
Exhibitions  during  1841  to  1849. 

1.  Mrs.  S.  W.  Parmley.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1845. 

2.  J.  Arthur.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1841. 

McPHERSON,  W.  J. 

Flourished  i846-i84.y^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 


Lund — McPherson :    99 


98 


MALBONE,  Edward  Greene 

b.    August  1777^  Newport,  R.  L;    d.    May  7,   1S07,  Sa- 

vanyiahy  Georgia. 
Miniature  painter. 

"You  may  enjoy  your  mirth  but  you  shall  one  day 
see  mv  head  engraved."  Such  were  the  words  of  Edward 
Malbone  to  his  sisters.    He  was  the  boyhood  friend  of 
Washington    Allston,    with    whom    he    received    casual 
instruction   in   art   from   Samuel    King  about    1792   in 
Newport.    Even  earlier  than  this  he  had  helped  paint 
theatre  scenery  and  copied  old  engravings  incessantly. 
About    1793    he   copied    on    paper    a    portrait    by    Sir 
Thomas  Lawrence  that  was  greatly  admired.     Soon  he 
prepared  his  own  ivory  to  paint  on  and  the  miniature 
of  Nicholas    Power   dating    from    1793,    was    his    first 
commission.    In  1794  he  left  home  telling  only  his  sister 
of  his  departure,  to  start  as  a  professional  miniature 
painter  in  Providence.    Here  his  success  was  quickly 
assured  as  he  informed  his  father  after  a  few  weeks.   In 
1796  he  moved  to  Boston  where  he  renewed  his  friend- 
ship with  Allston  and  continued  the  success  he  enjoyed 
the  rest  of  his  life.    In  1797  he  was  in  New  York  leaving 
in  the  spring  of  1798  for  Philadelphia.   The  yellow  fever 
epidemic  compelled  him  to  move  to  the  country  where 
he   still   found   continual   employment.     After   leaving 
Philadelphia    he    visited    various    seaboard    cities    and 
finally  sailed  for  Charleston,  South  Carolina  in   1800. 
His  reception  was  enthusiastic.    His  work  was  in  great 
demand,  he  made  many  friends,  among  them  Charles 
Eraser,  and,  feeling  justified  in  making  a  long  deferred 
voyage  to  London,  he  sailed  in  May,   1801,  with  his 

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99 


friend  Allston,  who  had  recently  graduated  from 
Harvard.  Together  they  visited  the  public  and  private 
art  collections,  met  Benjamin  West,  who  allowed  them 
the  use  of  his  studio,  and  in  the  Autumn,  studied  at  the 
Royal  Academy.  His  well  known  picture  "The  Hours" 
at  the  Providence  Athenaeum  was  painted  in  August 
of  this  year.  In  December  he  returned  alone  to  Charles- 
ton and  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year  he  sailed  for 
Newport.  In  1803-4  he  was  in  New  York.  In  1804  he 
went  to  Boston,  remaining  until  1805,  when  in  December 
he  again  visited  Charleston  intending  later  to  make  a 
second  voyage  to  London.  However  a  cold  contracted 
in  March  1806  settled  in  his  lungs  and  he  hurried  home. 
During  June  he  took  to  field  sports  for  recreation  and 
health  but  overexertion  while  hunting  forced  him  to  bed. 
At  the  suggestion  of  his  physician  he  sailed  for  Jamaica 
in  December,  but  the  climate  proving  without  benefit 
he  bought  his  passage  to  Newport,  fearing  the  worst, 
and  embarked  in  May.  He  only  reached  Savannah, 
where  he  died  at  the  home  of  his  cousin  Robert  Mackay.. 
Of  all  the  /American  miniature  painters  none  surpassed 
and  few  reached  the  excellence  of  Edward  Malbone. 
His  work  is  comparable  to  that  of  Samuel  Cooper,  Hans 
Holbein,  John  Smart  and  Isabey.  In  his  later  minia- 
tures, which  were  often  larger  than  his  earlier  ones,  there 
is  generally  no  signature.  "E.G.M.,"  or  "Malbone," 
is  the  usual  method  when  he  did  sign  his  name,  although 
he  sometimes  wrote  "Edw.G.Malbone."  Painting  in 
oils  was  an  occasional  practice  in  his  later  years  and  there 
is  a  portrait  of  himself  in  this  medium  at  the  Corcoran 
Gallery  of  Art,  Washington,  D.  C.  An  excellent  idea 
of  his  art  is  to  be  obtained  from  Mr.  Halsey's  article  in 

Malbone — Continued:    loi 


"Scribner's  Magazine"  for  May  1910,  where  a  number 
of  miniatures  are  reproduced  in  color. 

1.  Caleb  Abell.  224x1^.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 
Reproduced  in  "Macbeth  Gallery  Art  Notes"  March, 
1915. 

2.  Ann  Crawford  Allen.    Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

3.  Lydia  Allen.  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 
Both  this  miniature  and  the  preceding  reproduced 
in:  "R.  I.  School  of  Design  Bulletin,"  Oct.,  1914. 

4.  Dr.  W.  Allston.    1803-4.    Painted  in  Charleston. 

5.  Washington  Allston.    1800-01. 

6.  Washington  Allston.  Boston  Museum. 
Reproduced  in  "Handbook,"  Boston  Museum,  1906. 

7.  Joseph  Alston.    (1778-1816.)    2f^  x  2. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

8.  Mrs.  Amory.  Owned  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  1884. 

9.  Mrs.  Ball,  1803-4.         Painted  in  Charleston. 

10.  Thomas  Barksdale.  Providence,  1803. 

Gen.  Thos.  A.  Hugenin. 

11.  Joseph  Barrell.  Mrs.  Walter  Crittendon. 

12.  Miss  Isabel  Barron.    1806? 

Miss  A.  Bliss,  N.  Y.,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton,  "Salons,"  1900. 

13.  Colonel  Clement  Biddle. 

14.  Mrs.  Clement  Biddle. 

15.  Mrs.  William  Blacklock  and  Child.   ^^4^3^- 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 
Reproduced  in  color,  "Scribner's, "  May,  1910. 

16.  Mrs.  Edmund  Blake.  Miss  J.  Robins,  Pa.,  1912. 
Reproduced  in  M.  C.  Crawford's  "Romantic  Days," 
1912. 

Malbone — Continued:    102 


1 7-   Joshua  Blake,  U.  S.  N.  of  Boston. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

18.  Alexander  Bleeker.    1803. 

19.  Mrs.  Alexander  Bleeker.    1803. 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Lea,  Pa.,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  color  in  A.  H.  Wharton,  "Heirlooms," 
1898. 

20.  Nicholas  Bowman,  1793.  Providence  Athenaeum. 

21.  Mr.  Bowman.    1803-4.       Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

22.  Walter  Bowne. 

23.  Mrs.  Walter  Bowne. 

The  Bowne  miniatures  are  reproduced  in  C.  Cook:  "A 
Girl's  Life  Eighty  Years  Ago."   N.  Y.,  1887. 

24.  Charles  Bulfinch.  About  1788.  Mentioned  in  W^insor: 
"Memorial  History  of  Boston,"  v.  4,  p.  472. 

Mrs.  S.  G.  Bulfinch,  Boston,  188 1. 

25.  Luther  Bradish.    (1783-1863.)   3  x  2>^. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

26.  Dr.  Bruilsford,  1803-4.       Painted  in  Charleston,  S,  C. 

27.  General  Thomas  Cadwalader. 

28.  Mrs.  Calhoun.    1803-4.      Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

29.  Mrs.  James  Carter. 

30.  Thomas  Corwin.     Mrs.  R.  M.  Bryan,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

31.  Colonel  Chestnut.   1803-4.  Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

32.  Mrs.  Langdon  Cheves,  nee  Dulles. 

MissM.  C.  Dulles,  Pa.,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton's  "Salons,"  1900. 
22-    Mrs.  Langdon  Cheves.  Mrs.  Langdon  Cheves. 

34.  Eleanor  Coffin.  Miss  Rogers,  1887. 
Reproduced  in  "A  Girl's  Life  Eighty  Years  Ago,"  by 
C.  Cook,  1887. 

35.  Mrs.  Cockran.    1803-4.     Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Malbone — Continued:    103 


102 


^6.    Richard  Dana.  ~     General  Charles  W.  Darling. 

37.  Mrs.  Richard  Dana.  General  Charles  W.  Darling. 
The  Dana  miniatures  are  both  reproduced  in  A.  H. 
Wharton's  "Salons." 

38.  David  Deas,  born  1771. 

Mr.  David  Deas,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

39.  Mathurin  Livingston  De  Lancy.   Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

40.  Mrs.  R.  C.  Derby.   2%^~H-  Metropolitan  Museum. 

41.  Mrs.  R.  C.  Derby.  Dr.  W.  P.  Derby,  Boston. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton's  "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

42.  Dr.  Drayton.    1803-4.        Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

43.  Mrs.  Drayton. 

44.  Eben  Farley.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

45.  Lydia  Coolidge  Farley.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 
Numbers  44  and  45  are  both  reproduced  in  "Bulletin 
of  Worcester  Art  Museum,"  Oct.  191 5. 

46.  Miss  Ferguson,  Daughter  of  x'^dams  Ferguson. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

47.  Miss  Fenwick.    1803-4.      Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

48.  Nicholas  Fish. 

Mrs.  D.  Le  Roy,  Newport,  R.  I. 
Reproduced  in  C.  W.  Bowen's  "Centennial  of  the  In- 
auguration of  Washington,"  1892. 

49.  Captain  Fletcher.       Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

50.  R.  A.  Eraser.    1803-4.        Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

51.  Robert  Fulton.    (1765-1815.)    3x2^8. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

52.  Mrs.  Gadsden.    1803-4.      Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 
^^.    Philip  Gadsden.    Attributed  to  Malbone. 

Mr.  J.  Gadsden,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
54.    Alister  Garden.   Attributed  to  Malbone. 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Holmes,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Malbone — Continued:    104 


^^.   Nicholas  Gilman.   x'\ttributed  to  Malbone. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Bowen,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

56.  Sarah  Ladson  Gilmor.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

57.  Rachel  Gratz.    1806? 

The  Misses  Mordecai,  Pa.,  il 

58.  Rebecca  Gratz.    1806? 

The  Misses  Mordecai,  Pa.,  il 
Numbers  57  and  58   are  both  reproduced  in  A.   H. 
Wharton's  "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

59.  Ray  Greene,  U.  S.  Senator, 

Miss  Turner,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1884. 

60.  Martha  Washington  Greene,    ifl  x  2^.   Oval. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 

61.  Mrs.  John  Faucherand  Grimke.  Attributed  to  Mal- 
bone. Miss  T.  S.  Grimke,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

62.  Miss  Grimke.   2^x2.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

63.  Major  Hamilton.   1803-4.    Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

64.  Miss  Matty  Hatch.  See  Mason:  "Gilbert  Stuart,"  p. 
194. 

6^.    Carl  Frederick  Herreshoff.  Mr.  Lewis  Herreshoff. 

66.  Sarah  Brown  Herreshoff.  Mr.  Lewis  Herreshoff. 

67.  Thomas  Hovey.   (1762-1830.)    Attributed  to  Malbone. 

Mr.  T.  H.  Gage,  Worcester,  Mass. 

68.  Major  Handy.  Miss  Handy,  Newport,  R.  L,  1884. 
Reproduced  in  G.  C.  Mason's,  "Reminiscences  of 
Newport,"  1884. 

69.  Mrs.  C.  W.  Hare,  nee  Emlen.  Miss  Hare,  Pa.,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton's     "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

70.  Charles  Harris.    1804.   ^2^  x  2-    Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

71.  R.D.Harris.  1804.  3H  ^  3-  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 
Reproduced  in  Dunlap's  "History,"  191 8  edition. 

Malbone — Continued:    105 
104 


72.  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Harris.    Wife  of  Jonathan  Harris.    3>^ 
X  2>^.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

73.  Major  Jonathan  Haskell.    2J^  x  2.         Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

74.  Mrs.  F.  Haywood.  1803-4.   Painted  in  Charleston  S.  C. 

75.  Mrs.  B.  Hazard.  Owned  in  Newport,  1884. 

76.  James  H.  Heyward. 

Mr.  W.  J.  Taylor,  Baltimore,  1898. 

77.  Mrs.  James  H.  Heyward. 

Mr.  W.  J.  Taylor,  Baltimore,  1898. 
Numbers  76  and  77  are  both  reproduced  in  A.  H. 
Wharton's  "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

78.  Miss  Matilda  Hoffman.    1806? 

Mrs.  G.  S.  Bowdoin,  N.  Y.,  18 18. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton's  "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

79.  Mrs.  Daniel  Horrey. 

Mrs.  St.  Julien  Ravenel,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

80.  Miss  Huger.    1803-4.  Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

81.  Judge  Daniel  Huger.    1800. 

Mr.  D.  E.  Huger  Smith,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

82.  "Mr.  Izard's  Three  Daughters.  "    1803-4.     Painted  in 
Charleston,  S.  C. 

83.  Captain  George  Izard.   3>^  x  2>^. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 
Reproduced  in  color  in  "Scribner's"  May,  1910. 

84.  Mrs.  Ralph  Izard.    1803-4. 

Dr.  G.  E.  Manigault,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Reproduced  in  C.  W.  Bowen's  "Centennial  of  the  In- 
auguration of  Washington,"  1892. 

85.  Elizabeth  Allston  Jervey.   2-^-^  x  2  yi. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

86.  Major  James  Ladson.  Miss  Isabel  Ladson. 

Malbone — Continued:    106 

105 


87.  Mrs.  James  Ladson,  nee  Judith  Smith. 

Miss  Isabel  Ladson. 

88.  Sarah  Reeves  Ladson.  1803-4.  Painted  in  Charleston, 
S.  C. 

89.  Mrs.  P.  H.  S.  Lee. 

The  Misses  Lee,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

90.  George  Long.  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 
Reproduced  in  "R.  I.  School  of  Design  Bulletin," 
Oct.  1914. 

91.  Mrs.  Lowndes.  1803-4.  Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 
^yi  X  2yi.   Oval.    Metropolitan  Museum. 

92.  James  W.  Lowndes.    3x2^.       The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

93.  Harriet  Lyman,  later  Mrs.  B.  Hazard. 

Mr.  Peyton  Randolph  Hazard,  Newport,  R.  I. 

94.  Harriet  Mackie. 

Mrs.  Reid  Whitford,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

95.  General  John  McPherson.  Portrait  of  his  son  on  the 
reverse.         Miss    Rosa    Pringle,    Charleston,    S.    C, 

96.  General  William  Malcom. 

Miss  M.  C.  Snowden,  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  1892. 
Reproduced  in  C.  W.  Bowen,  ''Centennial." 

97.  Edward  Greene  Malbone,   1797.    Signed  on  reverse: 
"Edw.  G.  Malbone  Miniature  Painter." 
Reproduced  in  color  "Scribner's,"  May,  1910. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

98.  Mr.  Manigault,  1803-4.    Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

99.  Joseph  Marx.    Penn.  Academy. 
100.   Asher  Marx.   Penn.  Academy. 

loi.    Mrs.  Middleton,  1803-4.     Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 
102.    Joseph  Kirk  Milnor. 

Miss  F.  T.  Milnor,  Long  Island,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton  "Heirlooms,"  1898. 

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103.  Sally  Foster  Otis. 

Reproduced  in  "Bulletin  of  the  Society  for  the  Preser- 
vation of  New  England  x>\ntiquities,"  March,  1917. 
Also  "Life  of  Harrison  Gray  Otis."  Also  Griswold: 
"American  Court."  Owned  by  the  Otis  family, 
Boston. 

104.  Theophilus  Parsons,  1796. 

Reproduced  in  "Essex  Inst.  Collections"  v.  ^^,  p.  97. 

105.  George  Pawley. 

Mrs.  Reid  Whitford,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

106.  Mrs.  George  Pawley. 

Mrs.  Reid  Whitford,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

107.  Mary  Pawley. 

Mrs.  Reid  Whitford,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

108.  Edward  Perry,    x-^ttributed  to  Malbone. 

Mr.  C.  C.  Waring,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

109.  Joseph  Pierce,  Jr.     234  x  2yi.  Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 
no.    General  C.  C.  Pinckney.    (1746-1825.) 

Mrs.  T.  Pinckney,  Charleston,  S,  C. 

111.  General  Thomas  Pinckney,  (1750-1828).  Painted  in 
Charleston,   S.   C,    1803-4. 

112.  Mrs.  Poinsett.    1803-4.       Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

113.  Miss  Poinsett.  1803-4?  Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 
2S/8  X  2^.  Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 
Reproduced  in  color  in  "Scribner's,"    May,  1910. 

114.  Joel  Roberts  Poinsett.  (1779-1851.)  Painted  in 
Charleston,  S.  C.  2  H  x  2X.  Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 
Reproduced  in  color  in  "Scribner's,"    May,  1910. 

115.  Mrs.  Moses  Poor. 

Miss    C.    Webb,   Washington,    D.    C,    1902. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton's  "Social  Life,"    1902. 

Malbone — Continued:    108 


107 


ii6.  Portrait.  Reproduced  in  color.  "Scribner's,"  May, 
1900.  Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

117.  Portrait   of  a  Lady   in    Fancy   Costume.    3^  x  2^. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 

118.  Portrait  of  a  Lady.   3  x  2>^.  Brooklyn  Museum. 

119.  Commodore  Preble. 

The  late  Mrs.  A.  P.  T.  de  H.  Carpenter,  1920. 

120.  Honorable  James  Reid  Pringle.  Painted  in  1800. 
Reproduced  in  "Art  in  America,"  June,  191 5. 

Miss  C.  P.  Ravenel. 

121.  Richard  Kidder  Randolph.    Profile  1800. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Breese,  Newport,  R.  L,  1884. 

122.  Thomas  Radcliffe.  (1776-1806.)  2f|  x  2X.  Painted 
in    Charleston    1803-4.  Mr.    John    Hill   Morgan. 

123.  Captain  Benjamin  Rathbone. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

124.  L.  P.  S.  Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 
Reproduced  in  R.  L  School  of  Design  Bulletin,"  Oct. 
1914. 

125.  Stephen  Salisbury  the  First. 

Worcester  x-^rt  Museum. 
Reproduced  in  "Bulletin  of  the  Worcester  Art  Mu- 
seum,   April,  1914. 

126.  Mrs.  Stephen  Salisbury  the  First  (Elizabeth  Tucker- 
man).  Worcester  Art  Museum. 
Reproduced  in  "Bulletin  of  the  Worcester  x'^rt  Mu- 
seum," x'^pril,  1914. 

127.  Mr.  Samuel  Lawbere,  1803-4.  Painted  in  Charleston, 
S.  C. 

128.  Colonel  Richard  Singleton.    254x2^6- 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

129.  Mrs.  Sinkler.    1803-4.      Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Malbone — Continued:    109 
108 


130.  Colonel  Scolbay  of  Boston. 

"There  is  a  fine  miniature  of  Colonel  Scolbay  of  Boston 
in  possession  of  his  daughters;  they  told  me  that 
Stuart  used  to  come,  at  least  once  a  year,  to  see  it, 
desiring  them  to  take  great  care  of  it,  as  it  was  decid- 
edly the  finest  miniature  in  the  world." 

Malbone's  sister,  Mrs.  Whitehorne,  to  Dunlap,  1834. 

131.  Mary  Ann  Smith. 

Mrs.  H.  S.  Foster,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

132.  Mrs.  Robert  Smith,  daughter  of  J.  J.  Pringle. 

A  copy  of  Malbone's  miniature  by  Ernest  Gerard, 
Paris,  is  owned  by  Mr.  R.  T.  Smith. 

133.  Dr.  Elisha  Story.   2}i  x  2)4.  The  Essex  Institute. 
Reproduced  in  "Essex  Institute  Collections,"  v.   50. 

P-  ^3S' 

134.  Mr.  Strong.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

135.  Archibald  Taylor.    2^  x  2}i.     Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan. 

136.  Lady  Temple.  Attributed  to  Malbone. 

Mrs.  G.  S.  Bowdoin,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

137.  A.  Louis  Tousard.    Engraved  by  Longacre. 

138.  Job  Townsend.  Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

139.  Mrs.  Benjamin  Foissin  Trapier. 

Miss  Alicia  Trapier,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

140.  Mrs.    Paul    Trapier    (x-^licia    Shubrick).      Painted    in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  1803-4. 

Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton:    "Heirlooms,"  1898. 
Mr.  W.  Hayne,  Jackson,  Miss.,  1898. 

141.  Colonel  Trumbull.  Painted  in  New  York. 

142.  Mr.  Vaughan.    1803-4.       Painted  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

143.  Mrs,  Julian  Verplank.    (Eliza  Fenno.) 

Mr.  B.  Richards,  N.  Y.,  1898. 
Reproduced  in  A.  H.  Wharton,  "Heirlooms,"   1898. 

Malbone — Continued:    no 
109 


1 44-    Mrs.  Robert  Weir  (Lucretia  Tuckerman). 

Worcester  Art  Museum. 
Reproduced  in  "Bulletin  of  the  Worcester  Art  Mu- 
seum," April,  1914. 

145.  Miss    West.      2^  X  2>^.  Mr.    x^.    Rosenthal. 

146.  Mrs.  John  Whitehorne.  Pastel. 

Exhibition  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

147.  Henry  De  Wolff. 

The  Misses  Middleton,  Newport,  R.  I. 

148.  Charles  De  Wolff. 

Mrs.  W.  Guild,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1884. 

149.  Major    Samuel    Wragg.      (1769-1842.)       Painted    in 
Charleston,  S.  C,  1803-4. 

Reproduced  in  Dunlap's  "History,"  191 8  Edition.  It 
may  be  remarked  that  this  reproduction  is  from  a 
photograph  taken  at  a  slant  and  does  not  perfectly 
represent  the  picture. 

150.  Joseph  Yates.        Miss  May  Snowden,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

151.  Mrs.  Yates.  Miss  May  Snowden,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

152.  The  Little  Scotch  Girl. 

Reproduced  in  "Scribner's, "  May,  1900. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

153.  The  Birth  of  Shakespeare.   Painted  about  1793. 
Reproduced  in  "Scribner's,"  May,  1900. 

Mrs.  C.  Carleton  and  Mrs.  H.  S.  Marshall,  1900. 

154.  The  Hours.  Providence  Athenaeum. 

155.  Charles  Eraser's  Niece.  3>^x2>^. 

Metropolitan  Museum. 

156.  William    Manigault    Hey  wood.     A    copy    by    Eraser 
belongs  to  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

157.  James  Bowdoin.    Miniature  copy  after  Gilbert  Stuart. 
See  Mason:   "Stuart,"  p.  267. 

Malbone — Continued:    1 1 1 
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MAPES,  James  Jay 

b.    May  2g^  iSo6^  New  York;  d.    there^  January  lo^  iS66. 
Amateur  miniature  painter. 

Mapes  received  the  title  "Honorary  Member 
N.A.D."  in  1833.  From  1835  to  1838  he  was  "Professor 
of  Chemistry  and  Natural  Philosophy  of  Colors,"  at 
the  National  Academy. 

MARAS,  M. 

Flourished  1800-1802,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Maras  was  a  Frenchman  who  after  a   few  years  in 

New  York  went  to  Constantinople  and  became  painter 

to  the  Sultan. 

MARCHANT,  Edward  Dalton 

b.    Decefuber  16,  1S06,  Edgartown^  Mass.;    d.  August  /j, 

1887,  Asbury  Park,  N.  J. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Marchant  first  exhibited  at  the  N.  A.  in  1829.  In 
1843  ^^  visited  certain  "Western  cities"  and  finally 
went  to  Nashville.  In  1845  he  settled  in  Philadelphia. 
Among  the  sitters  for  his  portraits  in  oil  were  Henry 
Clay,  William  Henry  Harrison,  and  Andrew  Jackson. 
I.    Pliny  Earl,  1 809-1 892. 

Mr.  T.  Hovey  Gage,  Worcester,  Mass. 

MAUVAIS 

Flourished  iy'/6.,  Savannah.,  Georgia. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
I.    Major  John  Gedney  Clarke.  Essex  Institute. 

Mapes — Mauvais:    112 


MEANCE 

Flourished  //pj,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

A  portrait  of  N.  G.  Dufief  is  inscribed  "Meance  delt. 

Edwin   set. "      Meance   also   inserted   a   notice   in   the 

"Gazette  Francais"  for  1795. 

MERCER,  William 

Flourished  I'/y^-iS^o^  Philadelphia. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

William  Mercer,  the  deaf  mute  son  of  General 
Mercer,  and  not  the  nephew  as  Dunlap  states,  was  a 
pupil  of  Charles  Willson  Peak.  Rembrandt  Peale  in  an 
instalment  of  his  "Reminiscences"  in  the  "Crayon"  for 
June  13,  1855  tells  an  amusing  story  of  William  Mercer 
during  the  Peace  Demonstration  in  1783.  He  concludes: 
"This  same  Mr.  Mercer,  under  my  father's  tuition, 
became  an  excellent  portrait  painter,  and  continued  his 
profession  till  his  death  a  few  years  ago." 

METCALF,  Eliab 

b.    February  5,  //c^J,   Franklin.,   Mass.;    d.   January   /j, 

i8j4,  New  York. 
Silhouette  cutter  and  portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 
Metcalf  was  in  Guadaloupe  in  1807  to  1808  and  later 
in  Canada  and  Nova  Scotia.  He  studied  drawing  in 
New  York  in  1810  and  painted  his  first  portraits  about 
1 81 5.  Owing  to  ill  health  he  went  to  New  Orleans  in 
1 8 19.  In  1822  and  later  he  visited  the  islands  of  St. 
Croix  and  St.  Thomas.  The  winter  of  1 823-1 824  he 
spent  in  New  York.    He  then  left  for  Havana  where  he 

Meance — Metcalf:    113 


remained  the  rest  of  his  life  visiting  New  York  annually. 

1.  Joseph  Rodman  Drake.         Mr.  Charles  de  Kay,  191 4. 

2.  Captain  Benjamin  Bradford.  Circular.  Possibly  by 
Metcalf.  U.    S.    National    Museum. 

3.  Captain  Thomas  Broom. 

Mrs.  F.  M.  La  Bruce,  Charleston,  1901. 

4.  Dr.  John  Haslett  (1799-1878).  Ivoryjxi^^.  Painted 
1822.  The  Brooklyn  Museum,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
See  J.  H.  Morgan;  Miniature  by  Metcalf,  Brooklyn 
Museum  Quarterly,  Jan.,  1921. 

MEYER,  Henry  Hoppner 

b.    lySj  England;   d.  May  28^  1847^  London. 

Stipple  engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  nephew  of  the  celebrated  John  Hoppner  from 
whom  he  received  assistance,  Hoppner  Meyer,  as  he  was 
generally  called,  also  learned  engraving  from  Francesco 
Bartolozzi  whose  stipple  manner  he  followed.  He 
exhibited  portraits  in  oil  and  water  color  during  1821- 
1826.  One  of  the  founders  of  the  Society  of  British 
Artists  he  became,  in  1828,  the  president  of  that  asso- 
ciation and  at  the  first  exhibition  showed  eight  portraits, 
two  chalk  drawings  and  forty-three  engravings.  At 
the  exhibition  in  1826  he  showed  a  portrait  of  Charles 
Lamb.  In  1830  he  sailed  for  the  LInited  States  where  he 
was  employed  engraving  portraits  and  painting  minia- 
tures. 

1.  Andrew  Jackson,  1832. 

Mrs.  R.  J.  Laurence,  Tennessee,  1897. 

2.  Edward  L.  Carey.    Water  color. 

Meyer:    114 
"3 


MIFFLIN,  J.  H. 

Flourished  184.0-1842^  New  York. 

Miniature  painter. 

I.    "Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Washington,  painted  about  1840  at 
Milledgeville,  Ga.,  by  Mifflin  of  N.  Y." 

U.  S.  National  Museum. 
MILES,  Edward 

b.    October  14,  1752^  Yarmouth^  England;    d.  1828^  Phila- 
delphia. 

Miniature  paiyiter  and  portrait  draughtsman  in  crayons. 
Edward  Miles  started  out  in  life  as  an  errand  boy  to 
a  surgeon  of  Yarmouth  who  encouraged  him  in  his  taste 
for  drawing.  In  1771  he  moved  to  London  where  he  met 
Sir  William  Beechy,  who  painted  his  portrait,  and  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds,  who  employed  him  to  make  copies  in 
miniature  of  his  paintings.  During  1775-1779  he  ex- 
hibited K,!^  miniatures  at  the  Royal  Academy.  After 
being  painter  to  the  Duchess  of  York,  he  finally  became 
painter  to  Queen  Charlotte  whose  portrait  he  painted. 
He  also  painted  portraits  of  a  number  of  the  princesses. 
In  1797  he  went  to  Russia  and  was  court  painter  to  Tsar 
Paul.  He  stayed  in  Russia  during  the  time  of  the 
assassination  of  the  Tsar  and  the  elevation  to  the  throne 
of  the  Tsarevich  Alexander  and  saw  the  Napoleonic 
invasion  of  St.  Petersburg.  A  portrait  he  painted  of  Tsar 
Alexander  was  given  to  the  Earl  of  Liverpool.  Tsarina 
Maria  Louisa  of  Baden  was  also  one  of  his  sitters.  About 
1806  he  left  St.  Petersburg  and  sailed  for  the  United 
States,  arriving  in  Philadelphia  in  1807  where  he  lived 
the  rest  of  his  life.  In  1808  he  lived  at  Third  and 
Chestnut.    In   1809  he  is  called,  "portrait  painter  in 

Mifflin— Miles:    115 
114 


crayons"  and  his  address  was  6i  N.  Seventh  St.  From 
1814  to  1 8 17  he  lived  at  210  Walnut  Street  and  from 
181 8  to  1824  he  lived  at  206  on  the  same  street.  He 
moved,  still  remaining  on  Walnut  Street,  however,  to 
218  in  1825  and  is  called  a  "drawing  master."  He  seems 
to  have  been  a  man  of  independent  means,  painting  his 
excellent  miniatures  for  his  friends  and  giving  drawing 
lessons  only  after  his  son  failed  in  business. 

1.  Grand  Duchess  ''Marie  Paulowa  von  Russland." 
Grand   Duke   W^ilhelm    Ernst    von    Sachsen-Weimar- 

Eisenach,  191 2. 

2.  Alexander  of  Russia.  Mr.  E.  Miles,  Pa.,  1898. 

3.  Maria  Louisa  of  Baden.  Mr.  E.  Miles,  Pa.,  1898. 

4.  A  Russian  Princess.  Mr.  E.  Miles,  Pa.,  1898. 

5.  A  Russian  Princess.  Mr.  E.  Miles,  Pa.,  1898. 

6.  Unfinished  Portrait  of  a  Lady. 

Mr.  E.  Miles,  Pa.,  1898. 

7.  Queen  Charlotte. 

8.  Bishop  White. 

MILLER  AND  HILLYER 

Flourished  1846-1861  y  New  York. 
Miniature  painting  partnership. 

MILLER,    GODFRED 

Flourished  1841-188'j,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  is  listed  as  "an  artist"  in  the  later  entries  in  the 
New  York  directories. 

MILLER,  William  H. 

Flourished  1846-184"/,  New  York. 

Miniature  painter. 

Miller  and  Hillyer— Miller:    116 

lis 


MORANGES 

Flourished  lygj,  Baltimore. 

Miniature  painter. 

"Mr.  Moranges  takes  the  liberty  to  offer  his 
services  to  the  public  as  well  in  drawing  pictures  as 
giving  lessons.  His  terms  are  the  moderate  sum  of  12 
dollars."  "Federal  Intelligencer  and  Baltimore  Daily 
Gazette,"  July  2,  1795. 

MOREIN,  J.  A. 

Flourished  18^1-1842,  New  York. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  ?niniature. 

MORSE,  Samuel  Finley  Breese 

b.    April  ^7,  lygiy  Charleston y  Mass.;    d.  April  2^  i8y2. 
New  York. 

Inventor  and  portrait  painter. 

Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  telegraph,  started  his 
career  as  an  artist.  As  a  young  man  he  painted  minia- 
tures at  five  dollars  apiece  with  the  stipulation  that  the 
sitter  furnish  his  own  ivory.  For  a  profile  drawing  he 
charged  a  dollar.  sHe  was  president  of  the  N.  A.  from 
1827  to  1845  ^"d  ^rorvi  1 861  to  1862.  See  "The  Letters 
and  Journals  of  S.  F.  B.  Morse,"  edited  by  Edward  L. 
Morse.    Boston,  1914. 

MUNGER,  Caroline 

b.    1808.,  Guilfordj  Conn.;   d.    !8g2,  Madison^  Conn. 
Miniature  painter. 

The  daughter  of  George  Munger.  She  married  Horace 
Washburn    in    1831    and   exhibited   miniatures    at    the 

Moranges — Munger:    117 
116 


National  Academy  in  New  York  in  1841  as  Mrs.  H.  B. 
Washburn. 

MUNGER,  George 

b.    February  ij,  17S1,  Guilford,  Conn.;    d.    July  2,  182^, 

New  Haven. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

A  fellow  student  in  New  Haven  of  Anson  Dickinson, 
Munger  gave  up  painting  only  to  resume  it  again  in 
1 81 5.  x^t  one  time  he  operated  salt  works  at  Milford, 
Connecticut. 

1.  Self  portrait.   Oil  on  paper  mounted  on  wood.    Painted 
about  1800.       Mr.  Geo.  B.  Munger,  East  River,  Conn. 

2.  Captain  Josiah   Munger.     Oil  on  paper  mounted  on 
wood.    Mr.  Geo.  B.  Chittenden,  East  River,  Conn. 

3.  Mrs.  Harrison.  Dr.  Wellman,  D.D.,  East  River,  Conn. 

NEWCOMBE,  George  W. 

b.    Sept.  22, 1 799,  in  England;  d.  Feb.  lO,  18 45,  New  York. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Newcombe  came  to  New  York  in  1829  and  is  said  to 
have  been  very  successful  painting  portraits  in  that  city. 

1.  Thomas  Gurnee.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1844. 

2.  "Gustavus  Schroeder,  Esq.,  in  an  Old  French  Costume 

1 6th    Century."  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1839. 

NEWPORT,  J.  W. 

Flourished  1846-184"/,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  exhibited  three  "Miniatures  of  Gentlemen"  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Academy  in  1847. 

Munger  G. — Newport :    118 
117 


OFFICER,  Thomas  S. 

b.    about  1820,  Carlisle^  Penn.;  d.  "Jan.  1860^  California. 

Miniature  painter. 

Thomas  Officer  painted  miniatures  in  New  Orleans 
before  coming  to  Philadelphia  in  1845.  ^^  ^^47  he 
moved  to  New  York  and  exhibited  at  the  Academy 
until  1849.  -^^  ^^^^  year  he  returned  to  New  Orleans. 
At  the  close  of  the  Mexican  War  he  established  himself 
in  Mexico  City.  Later  he  lived  in  Australia  and  finally 
settled  in  California.  He  exhibited  seven  miniatures 
at  the  N.  A.  Exhibitions  of  1848  and  1849. 

8.  Professor  Mapes.  N.  A.  Exhibition  1847. 

9.  Mrs.  Isaac  Ball. 

The  Misses  Ball,  Charleston,  1901. 

O'HARA,  Miss 

Flourished  i8j4^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

OTIS,  Bass 

b.    1784,  Bridgewater,  Mass.;  d.   November  J^  1861,  Phila- 
delphia. 
Portrait  painter  and  lithographer. 

Bass  Otis  made  one  of  the  earliest  lithographs  in  the 
United  States.  It  was  printed  in  the  "Analectic  Maga- 
zine" for  July  1 819.  Apprenticed  first  to  a  scythe  maker 
and  later  to  a  coach  painter  he  finally  turned  to  art  as  a 
profession  and  painted  portraits  in  New  York  in  1808. 
In  1 81 2  he  moved  to  Philadelphia  and  continued  his 
profession.  An  extensive  article  on  the  artist  appears 
in  "The  Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History, "  for  1913. 
I.    Miss  Eliza  Pierce.    2  3<(  x  i  H.       The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

Officer — Otis:    119 
118 


PARISEN,  Philip 

Flourished  lycjS-iSiz,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter  and  jeweller. 

A  mediocre  miniature  painter,  the  son  of  a  silver- 
smith named  Otto  Parissiens  who  came  from  Prussia. 

PARISSEN,  William  D. 

Flourished  iS/g-i8j2^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

PARKER,  Thomas  H. 

b.    iSoi,  Sag  Harbor  J  L.  I.;   d.  after  iSj/. 
Miniature  painter. 

Parker  studied  under  Rogers  in  New  York  and 
settled  shortly  after  in  Hartford  in  1829,  where  he  was 
extensively  employed  as  a  popular  miniature  painter. 
He  was  the  teacher  and  later  the  partner  of  C.  \V. 
Eldredge. 

PARSELL,  Abraham 

Flourished  182^-184'/,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

PARSELL,  J.  H. 

Flourished  iS^d-iS^y,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

PARTRIDGE,  Joseph 

Flourished  i8ig~i822,  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Miniature  painter  in  water  color. 

Partridge  was  a  drawing  master  who  established 
himself  in  Halifax  in   18 19. 

Parisen  P. — Partridge:    120 
119 


I.    Joseph  Partridge.    Water  color.    g}4x62.i.    Painted 
in  1 8 19.   On  heavy  paper, 

Mr.  Harry  Piers,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

PEALE,  x'\nna  Claypoole 

b.    March  6^  i79i->  Philadelphia;    d.  there^  Dec.  ^5,  iSyS. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Anna  Claypoole  Peale  inherited  her  artistic  gifts 
both  from  her  father  James  Peale  and  from  her  maternal 
grandfather  James  Claypoole,  a  Colonial  portrait 
painter.  She  painted  in  Philadelphia,  Washington, 
New  York  and  Boston.  She  married  twice  and  ex- 
hibited her  work  under  three  names,  her  maiden  name 
and  as  Mrs.  Stoughton  and  Mrs.  Duncan. 

1.  Commodore  Bainbridge.  Penn.  Academy,  1822. 

2.  Sarah  Ball  Richards  Colwell,  1805-1888.  Oval.   Partly 
in  oil  .  2>^  X  2.  Mr.  Herbert  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

3.  General  x'\ndrew  Jackson.  Penn.  Academy,  18 19. 

4.  Mrs.  x'\ndrew  Jackson.  Penn.  Academy,  1819. 

Mrs.  R.  J.  Laurence,  Tennessee,  1897. 

5.  Dr.  Oliver  Hubbard,  about  1821.   3K  x  lyi. 

Essex  Institute. 

6.  Mrs.  John  Middleton. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  K.  Bryan,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

7.  Joseph  Nicholson.    2  x  i  >^.    1826. 

8.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Noel  Bosley.    2  x  i  >^.    1823. 

The  two  foregoing  are  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  J.  B. 
Wyatt,  Baltimore. 

9.  Mr.    Henry    Rodenwald.     Signed    "Anna    C.    Peale, 
1825."  Mrs.  James  W.  Wilson,  Baltimore. 

10.    Mrs.    Henry    Rodenwald.     Signed    "Ann'a  C.   Peale, 
1825."  Mrs.  James  W.  Wilson,  Baltimore. 

Peale,  A.  C:    121 


11.  Mrs.  Richard  Simmons. 

Mrs.  J.  Rodgers,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

12.  Mrs.  Samuel  W.  Smith,  nee  Ellinor  Donnell.    Signed 
"Anna  C.  Peak,  1823." 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Clark,  Hartford  Co.,  Maryland. 

13.  Walter  E,  Harding. 

Dr.  Carroll  Fox,  Washington,  D.  C. 

PEALE,  Charles  Willson 

b.    April  75,  1741-,  ^iieen  Ann  s  County^  Md.;  d.  Feb.  22., 

1827,  Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  yniniature. 

Charles  W^illson  Peale  started  in  life  as  a  saddler. 
In  1762  he  married  and  established  himself  in  this 
trade  and  also  those  of  clock  making  and  silver  smithing. 
In  portions  of  his  autobiography  published  by  Mr. 
Horace  Wells  Sellers  in  the  "Pennsylvania  Magazine 
of  History"  1914,  he  tells  how  he  became  engrossed  in 
politics  about  1764  but  finally  turned  definitely  to 
painting  the  next  year  and  visited  Copley  in  Boston. 
In  1766  he  painted  portraits  in  Virginia,  and  during 
1 767-1 769  he  was  in  London  studying  with  West. 
Before  the  x'\merican  Revolution  he  was  both  in  New 
York  and  Philadelphia,  and  when  war  broke  out  he 
served  under  Washington  at  Trenton  and  Princeton. 
From  1779  to  1785  he  was  painting  industriously. 
His  children  were  Rembrandt,  Raphaelle,  Titian, 
Rubens,  Vandyck,  Sophonisba,  Angelica  Kaufman, 
Linnaeus  and  Franklin.  In  his  later  years  he  estab- 
lished a  museum  and  was  instrumental  in  founding  the 
Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts. 

Peale,  C.W.:    122 
121 


His  miniature  of  Washington  in  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  was  once  attributed  to  Copley.  See  C.  H. 
Hart  on  the  Washington  portraits  in  C.  W.  Bowen's 
"Centennial  of  the  Inauguration  of  Washington." 

1.  William  Bingham.    (1755-1804).    Oval.    i^xi}^. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

2.  Master  Harold.    2>^  x  2.  Mr.  Albert  Rosenthal. 

3.  Alexander  Hamilton,    i^^xij^. 

Miss  M.  Bart,  Pa.,  1897. 

4.  Major  William  Jackson.    i759-(i828). 

Independence  Hall,  Pa. 

5.  Robert  Morris. 

Mr.  I.  C.  Van  Der  Heuvel,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

6.  Mrs.  Robert  Morris. 

Mr.  I.  C.  Van  Der  Heuvel,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

7.  Mrs.  James  Montgomery,  1777. 

Mrs.   W.   Griffiths,   Pa.,    1898. 

8.  Andrew  Moore,  1796. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Moore,  Lexington,  Ky.,  1892. 

9.  Colonel  John  Nixon.  Mrs.  C.  Smith,  Pa. 

10.  Peyton  Randolph.   (1721-1775.)  Oval.   2>^xi>^. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

11.  Mrs.  A.  Robinson,  nee  Angelica  Peale. 

12.  Mrs.  Philip  Rogers.  Mrs.  Ridgeley,  Baltimore. 

13.  Comte  de  Rochambeau.  (1725-1807.)  Oval,  i  H  x  i  >^. 

Mr.  DuPuy. 

14.  Major  Jonathan  Sellman. 

Mrs.  M.  D.  Iglehart,  Maryland,  1898. 

15.  Mrs.  Charles  W^illson  Peale. 

16.  Captain  Andrew  Summers.    (1721-1775.)    Oval.    1^ 
X  I  X.  Mr.  DuPuy. 

Peale,  C.  W.- — Continued:    123 
122 


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17.  Mrs.  Andrew  Summers,    (i 742-1 806.)  Oval.   i^xiH- 

Mr.  DuPuy. 

18.  Master  Andrew  Summers.    Oval,    i  >^  x  i  >^. 

Mr.  DuPuy. 

19.  General  Samuel  B.  Webb. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Laidley,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  1892. 

20.  George  Washington,  1785. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  C.  Foster,  New  Haven,  1892. 

21.  George  Washington,  1785. 

Long  Island  Historical  Society,  1897. 

22.  George  Washington,  1777.  Metropolitan  Museum. 
22a.    George  Washington. 

The  estate  of  Dr.   David  Stuart,    1920. 

23.  Martha  Washington. 

Mrs.   B.  W.   Kennon,  Washington,  D.  C,   1897. 

24.  Thomas  Wharton,  Jr.    (1735-1778.)    Oval.    i>2XiX. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

25.  William  White,  1770. 

Miss  M.  R.   Croes,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

26.  Unknown  Man,  1790?  Oval,    ij^  x  1%. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

27.  Colonel  John  Laurens.   Formerly  owned  by  C.  H.  Hart. 

28.  John  Sevier.    Attributed  to  C.  W.  Peale.    Reproduced 
in  A.  Henderson:    "Conquest  of  the  Old  Southwest." 

PEALE,  James 

b.    ly^g^  Annapolis^  Md.;    d.  May 24,  iSji ^Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oil. 

James  Peale  painted  a  miniature  on  ivory  ot  Wash- 
ington for  a  snuff  box  top  in  1788,  and  another  on  paper 
in  1795.  His  brother  Charles  Willson  Peale  is  said  to 
have  been  so  pleased  with  his  miniatures  that  he  gave 

Peale,  J.:    124 

123 


up  that  branch  of  painting  and  referred  his  sitters  to 
James  for  miniature  portraits.  His  miniatures  are 
signed  generally  in  very  small  letters  either  "I.  P., "or 
"J.  P, ".  He  also  painted  "A  Recontre  between  Colonel 
Allen  McLane  and  Two  British  Horsemen"  and  several 
other  historical  pictures  in  oils. 

1.  Henry   Beck,   signed   "J.   P.    1795."    Oval.     2^x2. 

Mr.  H.  Du  Puy. 

2.  Gunning  Bedford.   (1720-1802.) 

Mrs.  W.  Reed,  Baltimore. 

3.  Miss  Molly  Callahan.   2  3<(  x  2.     The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

4.  Miss  Peggy  Callahan.    2^x2.    Signed  "J.  P.  1793". 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

5.  James  Claypoole  Copper.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

6.  Mrs.  James  Claypoole  Copper,  1795. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

7.  Isaac  Coles,  1793.         The  Misses  Coles,  Sonans,  Penn. 

8.  Tench  Francis,  1798.         Mr.  E.  Gardiner,  Pa.,  1898. 

9.  Christopher  Greenup.    Signed  "J.  P.  1797." 

Miss  F.  R.  Hagner,  Washington,  D.  C,  1920 

10.  Mary    Richards    Ball    Frazer.      (1778-1800.)      Oval 
2>^  X  2.  Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

11.  John  Hancock.    Mentioned  as  lost  by  C.  H.  Hart. 

12.  James  Harwood,  1810.   2>^x2>^. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Schwatka,  Baltimore. 

13.  Nicholas  Harwood,  1798.    2pix  2)4- 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Schwatka,  Baltimore. 

14.  John  Callahan.    Signed  "J.  P.  1799."   3  x  2^. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

15.  Alexander  Hamilton,  1789. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Bowen,  Brooklyn,  1892. 

Peale,  J. — Continued:    125 

124 


1 6.  Anne    Anry    Pierre    Bellon    de    Pont.      (1772-1854.) 
Oval.    234x13.8.  Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

17.  Dr.  William  E.  Hulings.    (1765-1839.)    Signed  "J.  P. 
1789."   Oval.    iKx  iH-     Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

18.  Mrs.  William  E.  Hulings,  1770-1854.    Oval.    3x2. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

19.  Mrs.   Elizabeth   Kortright  Monroe  Hay,  daughter  of 
President  Monroe.    Signed  "J.  P.  1814.  " 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  sale. 

20.  Chancellor  John  Johnson. 

Mr.  J.  Hensley  Johnson. 

21.  Samuel  Johnson,  1792. 

Mrs.  C.  Jones,  Rock  Hill,  S.  C,  1892. 

22.  Samuel  Johnson,  1753. 

Mrs.  M.  T.  Shipp,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  1892. 

23.  James  Mackubbin,  1798. 

The  Misses  Walton,  Annapolis,  Md.,  1898. 

24.  Major  Griffith  John  McRae.        Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

25.  Mrs.  James  Madison,  1794. 

Mrs.  R.  D.  Cutts,  Brookline,  Mass.,  1892. 
Reproduced  in  M.  C.  Crawford:  "Romantic  Days  in 
the  Early  Republic." 

26.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  1765-1 848.    Oval.    2/8  X2H- 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

27.  Self  portrait.  Mr.  Gilbert  S.  Parker,  1919. 

28.  Anna  Peale.    Signed  and  dated.    ^}'2X^y2. 

Mr.  A.  Rosenthal. 

29.  John  Steele,  1797. 

Mr.  S.  F.  Lord,  Salisbury,  N.  C,  1892. 

30.  Pontius  Delare  Stelle.   i^^xisg.  Signed  "J.  P.  1790. " 

Miss  Bertha  E.  Perrie,  Washington,  D.  C. 

31.  Pontius  Delare  Stelle,  1779. 

Peale,  J. — Continued:    126 
125 


32.    Mrs.  General  Van  Ness,  nee  Marcia  Burns. 

The  Corcoran  Gallery  of  Art. 
1,^.    Martha  Washington,  1782. 

Mr.  Durant  du  Pont,  New  Orleans,  1892. 
34.    George  Washington,  1782. 

Mr.  Durant  du  Pont,  New  Orleans,  1892. 
2^.    George  Washington,  1788.   On  ivory. 

Washington  Grays,  Artillery  Corps,  Pa. 

36.  George  Washington,  1795.  On  paper.  Formerly  in  the 
possession  of  Charles  Henry  Hart. 

37.  Portrait  of  a  Man.    Signed  "J.  P.  1797."    2^x2^- 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

38.  Portrait  of  a  Lady.    Signed  "J.  P.  1797."    2^-^  x  23^. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsey. 

39.  Portrait  of  an  Unknown  Man. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

40.  Nelly  Custis.   5^:^x4^. 

Mr.  R.  T.  Haines  Halsev. 

41.  George  Gale.  Mrs.  G.  A.  Murphy,  Baltimore. 
This  miniature  is  reproduced  in  C.  W.  Bowen's  book 
without  attribution.  It  is,  however,  signed  "I.  P. 
1794." 

42.  Samuel  Johnston.  First  U.  S.  Senator  of  North 
Carolina.  Mr.  Charles  E.  Johnson,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

43.  Rembrandt  Peale.    Signed  "I.  P.  1795." 

Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan. 

PEALE,  Raphaelle 

b.   Februar\  17^1774^  Annapolis,  Md.;  d.  March  2^,182^, 

Philadelphia. 

Miniature  and  still  life  painter. 

A  son  of  Charles  Willson  Peale.    In  the  Exhibition 

Catalogue  of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine 

Peale,  R.:    127 
126 


Arts  he  is  listed  as:   "Portrait,  miniature  and  Still  Life 
Painter,  24  Powell  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  Streets." 

I.    George  Washington.    Profile.    Water-color. 

Mr.  H.  H.  Houston,  1897. 
PEALE,  Rembrandt 

b.    February  22^  ij'jS^  Bucks  Co. ^  Pa.;  d.   October  ^^  1860^ 
Philadelphia. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature  and  historical  painter. 
Rembrandt,  one  of  the  sons  of  Charles  W^illson  Peale, 
studied  in  London  under  Benjamin  West  during  1802- 
1803.  In  1804  he  was  established  in  Philadelphia.  In 
1807  and  again  in  1809  he  went  to  Paris  and  painted 
portraits  of  a  number  of  distinguished  men,  counting 
among  his  sitters  Louis  David,  the  painter,  Delambre, 
the  astronomer,  Gay-Lussac,  the  chemist,  and  Cuvier, 
the  naturalist  and  statesman.  During  181 2-1 813  he  was 
in  Baltimore  and  in  1 822-1 828  he  was  in  Philadelphia, 
Boston  and  New  York.  At  the  end  of  the  latter  year  he 
made  a  tour  of  Italy,  visiting  Paris  and  London,  and 
returned  to  New  York  late  in  1830.  He  made  a  final 
visit  to  London  in  1 832-1 833,  visiting  also  Sheffield  and 
Liverpool.  His  remaining  years  were  passed  for  the 
most  part  in  Philadelphia. 

1.  Govert  Haskins.    (1769-1829.)   Oval.   2  3^  x  i  >^.    1798. 

Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

2.  Reverend     Thomas     Haskins.      (1760-18 16.)      Oval. 
3  X  ly^.    Signed  "R.  Peale."  Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

3.  Catherine  Mellish.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

4.  Doyle  E.   Sweeney.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

5.  General  Anthony  Wayne.    (1745-1796.)    Oval.    2^<x 
2>^.    Signed  "R.  P.   1796."  Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

Peale,  R.:    128 
127 


6.    Unknown    Young    Man.     Oval.     3  >^  x  2f^.     Signed 
"R.  P.  1803."  Mr.  H.  DuPuy. 

PEALE,  Sarah  M. 

b.    May  /p,  1800^  Philadelphia;  d.    there^  Feb.  ^,  188^, 
Miniature  painter. 

Sarah  Peale  was  the  daughter  of  James  Peale.  She 
studied  with  her  uncle  Charles  Willson  Peale.  From 
1847  to  1877  she  was  in  Saint  Louis.  She  also  painted 
in  Baltimore  and  Washington,  D.  C. 

1.  Miniature  Portrait  of  a  Lady.      Penn.  Academy,  1826. 

2.  Mrs.  Thomas  Biddle.  2>^x2>2.    The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

PEASE,  C.  W. 

Flourished  1844^  Providence^  R.  I. 
Miniature  painter. 

PELHAM,  Henry 

b.    February  14,  i'/48-g^  Boston^  Mass.;  d.  /8o6y  Kenmare 

Rivery  Ireland. 
Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  half  brother  of  John  Singleton  Copley.  About 
1778  he  visited  England  and  at  the  Royal  Academy 
Exhibition  of  that  year  displayed  a  religious  composition 
and  two  miniatures.  In  1779  he  again  exhibited  at  the 
Royal  Academy  showing  four  miniatures.  Shortly  after 
he  went  to  Ireland  and  in  1780  exhibited  at  the  Society 
of  Artists  in  Dublin.  He  also  drew  views  for  Grose's 
"Antiquities  of  Ireland,"  and  made  a  map  of  County 
Clare.  He  was  drowned  in  Kenmare  River  by  the 
capsizing  of  a  boat  while  he  was  supervisor  of  some 

Peale  S.  M. — Pelham:    129 


engineering  construction  in  the  service  of  the  Marquis 
of  Lansdowne. 

1.  William  Wignell  Stevens.  Mr.  H.  G.  Curtis. 

2.  Stephen  Hooper.  "Sir,  agreeable  to  your  directions  I 
have  done  your  portrait  in  miniature  and  have  it  sett 
in  Gold."   Henry  Pelham  to  Stephen  Hooper,  Sept.  9, 

1773- 

The  writer  can  find  no  trace  of  this  picture. 

3.  Jonathan  Clark.    Oval.     134x1  38.    Boston  Museum. 

Loaned  by  Miss  Mary  Amory  Greene. 
PENNEY,  L.  P. 

Flourished  iS^^^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

PERSICO,  Gennarino 

Flourished  1822-18^4^  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter  and  drawing  teacher. 

The  brother  of  Lugi  Persico,  the  sculptor.    He  came 

from    Naples.        See    "Lancaster    Historical    Society 

Papers,"  v.  16,  No.  10. 

PETTICOLAS,  Edward  F. 

b.    before  i8o§^  Philadelphia;  still  living  1844. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miiiiature. 

The  son  of  Philip  h.  Petticolas.  He  practiced  minia- 
ture painting  in  Richmond  1 805-1 834  after  studying 
with  Thomas  Sully  in  Philadelphia.  A  portrait  he 
painted  in  oils  of  John  Marshall  is  in  the  collection  of 
Mr.  Malcolm  G.  Brace,  South  Boston,  Virginia. 
Petticolas  made  two  visits  to  London,  the  last  in  1826. 

I.    Elihu  Etting.    Signed  "E.  F.  Petticolas  1799." 

Pennsylvania  Academy. 

Penney — Petticolas,  E.  F. :    130 
129 


PETTICOLAS,  Philip  A. 
b.    i-jOo;    d.    /c?^J. 
Miniature  painter. 

Petticolas  painted  miniatures  for  years  in  Rich- 
mond, Virginia. 

1.  George  Washington. 

Mr.  Charles  Frank,  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  George  W^ashington.   "Washington  painted  from  life  at 
Philadelphia,  1796,  P.  A.  Petticolas." 

Mr.  F.  C.  Sayles,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  1881. 

PINE,  Robert  Edge 

b.    //JO  or  I'/^z  London;   d.    November  /p,  1788^  Phila- 
delphia. 
Portrait  and  historical  painter. 

Pine  painted  in  England  for  some  years  before  coming 
to  the  United  States  in  1784  with  his  family.  In  Phila- 
delphia he  painted  "The  Congress  Voting  Indepen- 
dence," which  Savage  later  added  to.  The  picture  may 
be  taken  as  a  group  of  miniature  likenesses.  A  miniature 
by  Pine  of  George  the  Third  was  in  the  Wellesley 
Collection  in  England  lately  dispersed  at  auction. 

PLANTOU,  Mrs. 

Flourished  1820-1822^  Washington ^  D.  C,  and  Philadelphia. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature  and  historical  painter. 

She  painted  portraits  in  Washington,  D.  C,  about 

1820.    In  1 821  she  moved  to  Philadelphia.    See  Scharf, 

"History  of  Philadelphia,"  v.  2. 

PORTER,  John  S. 

Flourished  i8j2-i8jj^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

Petticolas,  P.  A. — Porter:    131 


PRATT,  Matthew 

b.    September  2j,  //J^,  Philadelphia;    d.   January  y,  /cS'05, 

Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter. 

Pratt  studied  with  his  maternal  uncle  James  Clay- 
poole.  About  1764  he  studied  in  London  under  West. 
In  1770  he  went  to  Ireland  and  while  there  he  painted  a 
portrait  of  Archdeacon  Mann.  He  sailed  for  the 
United  States  in  June  of  the  same  year.  The  writer  has 
been  unable  to  find  a  trace  of  the  miniatures  he  is  said 
to  have  painted. 

PRATT,  Robert  M. 

b.    181 1,  Binghampton,  N.  Y.;  d.    August  j/,  iSSS,  New 

York. 
Geni'e  painter  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  ?ni}iiature. 
A  pupil  first  of  S.  F.  B.  Morse  and  later  of  C.  C. 
Ingham,  Robert  Pratt  was  better  known  as  a  figure 
painter  than  as  a  painter  of  portraits.    He  was  elected 
N.  A.  in  1 851  and  exhibited  at  the  Academy. 

PURINTON,  J. 

Flourished  1802^  Salem. 
Miniature  painter. 

"1802.    Mr.  Verstille  and  J.  Purinton  draw  minia- 
tures."    Felt's    "x^nnals   of   Salem." 

RAMAGE,  John 

b.   before   iy6j   Ireland;   d.    October  24,  1802,  Montreal, 
Canada.   Miniature  painter. 

Nothing  is  known  of  Ramage  until  his  entering  the 
Dublin  Society  Schools  in  1763.    He  was  practising  as 

Pratt,  M.— Ramage:    132 
131 


an  artist  and  goldsmith  in  Boston  in  1775.  An  ardent 
Tory  he  served  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Irish 
Volunteers  during  that  year.  In  1776  he  was  in  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia.  He  again  served  with  the  British  troops 
during  1777  in  New  York,  remaining,  however,  after 
their  departure  and  establishing  himself  as  an  artist  at 
25  William  Street.  While  he  was  in  New  York  he  painted 
a  miniature  of  George  Washington  who  noted  in  his 
diary  for  October  1789:  "Sat  for  Mr.  Rammage  near 
two  hours  today,  who  was  drawing  a  miniature  of  me 
for  Mrs.  Washington."  The  frame  of  the  Washington 
miniature  is  of  chased  gold  made  by  Ramage  himself. 
He  fled  to  Canada  to  avoid  domestic  difficulties  and 
settled  there  permanently  in  1794.  Miniatures  by 
Ramage  are  excellent. 

1.  John  Hampton  Chase  of  Maryland. 

Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

2.  George  Clinton. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Van  Cortlandt,  Croton,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

3.  Elbridge  Gerry.  Mr.  E.  T.  Gerry,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

4.  Mrs.  Elbridge  Gerry.      Mr.  E.  T.  Gerry,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

5.  Mrs.  Elbridge  Gerry. 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Clay,  Marysville,  Va.,  1892. 

6.  Mrs.  Alexander  McComb. 

Mrs.  D.  L.  Trumbull,  Norwich,  Conn.,  1898. 

7.  John  Pintard,  1787.  N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

8.  Mrs.  John  Pintard,  1787.         N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

9.  Jonathan  Trumbull.  Stan.  V.  Henkels  sale,  1896. 

10.  George  Washington,  1789. 

Mrs.  M.  Beach,  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  1897. 

11.  George  Washington.  Mr.  C.  Allen  Munn,  N.Y. 

Ramage — Continued:    133 
132 


12.  Major  General  Anthony  Wayne. 

Major  Wayne,  Paoli,  Penn.,  1892. 

13.  Gen.  J.  J.  Van  Rensselaer.      Dr.  J.  J.  Van  Rensselaer. 

14.  William  Few. 

i^;,    Mrs.  William  Few, 

16.  Isaac  Coles. 

17.  Mr.  Philip  Livingston.   2xi>^.   Mr.  Albert  Rosenthal. 

18.  Mrs.  Philip  Livingston.  2xiX.  Mr.  Albert  Rosenthal. 

19.  Portrait  of  an  LInknown  Woman. 

Mr.  C.  V.  Wheeler,  Washington. 

20.  Anthony  Rutgers,    i  Vs  x  i  V2    Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan. 

RENCH,  Miss  Polly 

Flourished  before  the  American  Revolution. 

Miniature  painter. 

Charles  W^illson  Peale  in  his  unpublished  reminis- 
cences tells  the  story  of  his  visit  to  Miss  Rench.  He 
asked  if  she  had  heard  of  Charles  Willson  Peale  and 
when  she  said  she  had  and  wanted  to  take  lessons  of  him, 
he  replied  "I  am  Mr.  Peale  and  will  be  glad  to  give  you 
lessons."  In  a  letter  to  his  son  Rembrandt  Peale  he 
wrote:  "She  married  Mr.  Rush,  then  a  young  practi- 
tioner of  law,  since  a  judge.  After  her  marriage  she 
could  never  be  prevailed  on  to  paint  a  single  picture; 
she  often  told  me  that  she  only  followed  the  profession 
of  painting  to  obtain  a  living,  that  it  was  very  disagree- 
able to  her  to  stare  in  the  faces  of  gentlemen  as  she 
thought  it  savoured  of  impudence  to  paint  ladies 
portraits  was  more  agreeable  to  her  feelings."  A.  H. 
Wharton  in  "Heirlooms  and  Miniatures"  calls  her 
Mary  Wrench. 

Rench:    134 


RICHARDSON,  Mrs.  C.  S. 

See  Caroline  Schetky. 

RIDER,  Alexander 

Flourished  1810-182^^  Philadelphia. 
Historical  and  ?niniature  painter. 

Rider  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  countryman 
Krimmel  from  Germany  in  1 8 10.  In  the  catalogue  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Academy  Exhibition  for  181 1  he  is  listed 
as  a  "Fancy  Painter"  and  in  1812  as  a  "Miniature 
painter."  There  was  a  Rider  in  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  in  1819  but  it  is  not  certain  that  he  was  the 
same  man. 

ROBERTS,  John 

b.    I  yds  Scotland;    d.    i8oj.  New  York. 
Engraver  and  miniature  painter. 

Roberts  came  to  the  United  States  in  1768  and 
practiced  miniature  painting  and  stipple  engraving  and 
also  drew  portraits  in  crayons.  He  gave  up  art  ulti- 
mately to  carry  out  his  experiments  in  steam  navigation. 

ROBERTSON,  Alexander 

b.    May  /j,  1772,  Aberdeen.,  Scotland;   d.  1841^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Alexander  Robertson,  the  brother  of  Archibald 
Robertson,  studied  in  London  under  Samuel  Shelly 
the  miniature  painter.  He  came  to  New  York  in  1792 
and  settled  there  permanently. 

Richardson — Robertson,  A.:    135 
134 


ROBERTSON,  Archibald 

b.    May   <?,    //^J,   Monymusk,    near  Aberdeen^    Scotland; 

d.  iSjS-,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

The  brother  of  Alexander  and  Andrew  Robertson. 
All  three  brothers  were  miniature  painters,  Andrew, 
however,  never  coming  to  the  United  States.  Archi- 
bald was  a  friend  of  Raeburn  and  Wier  in  Edinburgh 
and  together  they  used  the  green  room  of  the  theatre 
as  a  studio.  He  went  to  London  in  1786  and  received 
instruction  in  miniature  painting  from  Peacock  and 
Charles  Sheriff.  He  also  studied  at  the  Royal  Academy 
under  Reynolds  and  West.  In  1791  he  came  to  New 
York  and  went  shortly  to  Philadelphia  with  a  letter 
to  Washington  from  Lord  Buchan  which  led  to  his 
painting  a  miniature  oi  the  First  President.  He  then 
settled  permanently  in  New  York.  With  his  brother 
Alexander  he  started  a  drawing  academy.  Besides  his 
work  in  miniature  he  drew  in  crayons  and  was  some- 
thing of  an  architect.  "The  Papers  oi  Andrew  Rob- 
ertson" is  the  title  of  a  book  edited  by  his  daughter 
that  contains  valuable  information  concerning  minia- 
ture painting.  See  also:  "Century  Magazine,"  May, 
1890. 

1.  George  Washington,  on  marble.    1791. 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Darlington,  Utica,  1897. 

2.  Martha  Washington.    1792? 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Darlington,  Utica,  1897. 

3.  Commodore  Thomas  Truxton,  1802. 

Mr  A.  J.  Robertson,  1897. 

Robertson,  A.:    136 

135 


4-    Jonathan  Trumbull,  1791. 

Heirs  of  Mrs.  T.  W.  S.  Hubbard,  N.  Y.,  1897. 

5.  Alexander  Hamilton.    "Engraved  by  E.  Prud'homme 
from  the  Original  Miniature,  by  Arch.  Robertson. " 

Longacre's  "National  Portrait  Gallery." 

6.  Colonel  Tobias  Lear. 

ROBERTSON,  \Yalter 

b.    before  iy6^,    Dublin,    Ireland;     d.    1802,   Futtehpore, 

India. 
Miniature  painter. 

The  son  of  a  jeweler  in  Dublin  and  the  brother  of 
Charles  Robertson  who  was  also  a  miniature  painter, 
the  first  that  is  definitely  known  of  Walter  Robertson 
is  that  he  attended  the  Dublin  Society  schools  in  1765. 
In  1768  he  was  established  as  a  miniature  painter  and 
exhibited  from  1769  to  1775  and  in  1777.  About  1784 
he  moved  to  London  returning  to  Dublin  in  1792  where 
he  was  presently  declared  bankrupt.  He  then  took 
passage  to  the  United  States,  sailing  with  Gilbert 
Stuart.  He  worked  in  Philadelphia  and  New  York  copy- 
ing some  of  Stuart's  portraits  in  miniature.  In  1795  he 
sailed  for  India  where  he  died.  He  was  known  as  "Irish " 
Robertson,  to  distinguish  him  from  the  two  Scotch 
brothers  of  the  same  name. 

1.  George  Washington,  after  Stuart.    Engraved  by  Robert 
Field. 

2.  George  Washington,  1794. 

General  E.  L.  Rogers,  Baltimore. 
Destroyed  in  the  Baltimore  fire  of  1904.  Reproduced 
in  the  "Century  Magazine,"  May,  1892. 

Robertson,  W\:    137 
136 


3-    Martha  Washington.    Owned  at  one  time  by  G.  W. 
Custis.      Engraved  by  Longacre. 

4.  Alexander  Hamilton.     Engraved  by  Graham. 

5.  Michael  Nolan. 

6.  Mrs.  Abbot.    The  Wellesley  Collection,  England,  1913. 

ROBINSON,  John 

Flourished  i8iy-i82g,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  Painter. 

Robinson  was  an  Englishman  who  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1 8 17  where  he  died  about  1829. 

1.  William  Bingham.  Penn.  Academy,  1849. 

2.  Benjamin  West.  Penn.  Academy,  18 17. 

3.  John  Beale  Boardley. 

4.  Joseph  Bispham. 

5.  John  Sergeant. 

6.  Samuel  Milligan.    Signed  "J.  R.  1819. " 

7.  Portrait  in  Miniature  of  the  Artist's  Wife. 

Penn.  Academy,  18 17. 

8.  John  C.  Craig.   3  x3K- 

Mrs.  Edward  E.  Biddle,  Pa.,  1920. 

9.  Nicholas  Biddle,  1819. 

10.  Captain  Dulles,  U.  S.  N.,  1823. 

11.  James  Lyle. 

12.  Mrs.  Sterling. 

ROGERS 

Flourished  iy82^  Salem. 
Miniature  painter. 

Robinson  J. — Rogers:    138 
137 


ROGERS,  Charles 
Flourished  18^6^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

ROGERS,  Nathaniel 

b.    1788^    Bridgehampton^   L.   L;    d.     there,   December  <5, 

18^^.    Miniature  painter. 

Apprenticed  to  Joseph  Wood  in  New  York  after  that 
painter  had  dissolved  his  partnership  with  John  Wesley 
Jarvis,  Nathaniel  Rogers  often  painted  the  minor  parts 
of  his  master's  miniatures.  Besides  this  training  he  also 
received  much  assistance  from  "Mysterious  Brown." 
About  181 1  he  started  painting  professionally  and 
worked  almost  exclusively  in  New  York  as  a  fashionable 
miniature  painter.  He  was  a  member  of  the  National 
Academy  in  1826.  He  was  retired  later  as  Honorary 
member  for  non-residence. 

I.    Fitz-Greene  Halleck. 

1.    Henry  Howland,  1822.  Metropolitan  Museum. 

3.  Mrs.  Gabriel  Manigault.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

4.  Duncan  C.  Pell.  Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

5.  Charles  Tyler  Savage.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

6.  Mrs.  Charles  Tyler  Savage.      Worcester  Art  Museum. 

7.  Portrait  of  a  Man,  signed  "Rogers."  Ehrich  Galleries. 
8-1 1.    Frame  Containing  Four  Miniatures. 

N.  A.  Exhibition,! 827. 
ROWAND,  William 

Flourished  1777^  Neiv  York. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

He  inserted  an  advertisement  in  the  "New  York 
Royal  Gazette"  for  December  6,  1777  announcing  his 
arrival  from  Glasgow. 

Rogers,  C. — Rowand:    139 
138 


5  ^ 


j''^>v'^ /■■.?«   -:  ^ 


RUSSELL,  Moses  B. 

Flourished  18^4-18^4^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 
I.    Portrait  of  a  Man. 

Mr.  Joseph  Stewart,  Washington,  D.  C. 

RUSSELL,  W.  C. 

Flourished  iSjy^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

SANFORD,  Isaac 

Flourished  i'/8j-iS22^  Connecticut. 

Engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

SARGENT,  Henry 

b.    November  ^5,  ///o,  Gloucester.,  Mass;   d.    February  2/, 

184^^  Boston. 
Portrait  and  historical  paijiter. 
I.   John  William  Quincey.  Litchfield  Hist.  Society. 

SARTAIN,  John 

b.    October  24,  /808,  London;  d.    October  2j,  /c?^/,  Phila- 
delphia. 
Engraver. 

John  Sartain  received  instruction  in  miniature 
painting  from  Henry  Richter  while  he  was  still  in 
London.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1830  and 
settled  in  Philadelphia.  His  "Reminiscences  of  a  Very 
Old  Man,"  written  at  the  request  of  Thomas  Janvier,  is 
a  valuable  source  book  concerning  the  earlier  artists  of 
the  country. 

Russell,  M.  B. — Sartain:    140 
U9 


1.  Reverend  John  Breckenridge,  1835. 

Miss  E.  Sartain,  Pa. 

2.  Mr.  Jones,  1833.  Miss  E.  Sartain,  Pa. 

SAUNDERS,  Sophia 

Flourished  18^1-18^2,  New  York. 
Mmiatiire  painter. 

SAVAGE,  Edward 

b.   November  26,  iy6i^  Princeton.,  Mass.;  d.   there ^  July  <5, 

1817. 

Engraver  and  portrait  and  historical  painter. 

At  first  a  goldsmith.  Savage  took  to  painting  about 
1789  and  started  a  portrait  of  Washington  that  year. 
He  went  to  London  in  1791  and  learned  engraving;  and 
returned  to  the  United  States,  in  1794,  as  a  professional 
engraver.  In  Philadelphia  he  had  as  his  assistant  David 
Edwin  and,  as  his  apprentice,  John  Wesley  Jarvis.  His 
engraving  "Washington  and  his  Family"  1788  is  his 
best  known  work.    See:  Pine^  in  the  present  work. 

1.  Self  portrait.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

2.  Sarah  Seaver  Savage.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

3.  Eben  Seaver.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

4.  Robert  Treat  Paine.    "Drawn  and  Engraved  by  J.  B. 
Longacre  from  a  Sketch  by  Savage." 

SCHETKY,  Caroline 

Flourished  1820-184.'/^  Philadelphia  and  Boston. 
Miniature  and  water  color  painter. 

Caroline  Schetky  married  T.  M.  Richardson  and  as 
Caroline  Schetky  Richardson  exhibited  at  the  Boston 
Athenaeum.    Longacre   in   a   portion   of  his   "Diary" 

Saunders — Schetky:    141 
140 


published  in  the  "Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History" 
tells  of  seeing  her  in  Boston.  The  entry  for  July  26,  1825 
reads:  "Spent  the  evening  at  Mr.  Stuart's  with  his 
family  and  Misses  Schetky  and  Goodridge."  Besides 
her  work  in  miniature  she  painted  landscapes  and 
flowers. 

1.  Signor  Arfossi,  of  the  Italian  Opera  House,  London. 

2.  Alexander  Reinagle,  1814, 

SCHOENER,  J. 

Flourished  1821-182'/,  New  England  and  Reading,  Pa. 
Portrait  and  miniature  pai?jter;  and  portrait  draughtsman  in 
crayon. 

1.  Miniature  of  Napoleon.  Penna.  x'^cademy,  1827. 

2.  Deborah  Ward. 

SEAGER. 

Flourished  1840,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

Miniature  painter  and  silhouettist. 

Seager  came  originally  from  London.  He  visited  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  He  was  in  Halifax  in  1840 
making  profiles  in  bronze,  painting  miniatures  and 
giving  drawing  lessons.  He  may  have  been  Edward 
Seager  who  lived  in  Boston  from  1845  to  1850. 

SEAGER,  Mrs.  and  Miss 
Flourished  i8j^,  New  York. 
Miniature  painters. 

SEAMAN,  Charles 

Flourished  i8j4,  New  York. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Schoener — Seaman:    142 
141 


SEL,  Jean  B. 

Flourished  1820-18JO,  New  Orleans. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

A  portrait  in  oil  by  Sel  of  Governor  A.  B.  Roman  is  in 
the  Louisiana  State  Museum. 

SHAFTENBENG,  Lewis 
Flourished  //cJj,  Baltimore. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  advertised  in  Goddard's  "Maryland  Journal  and 
Baltimore  Advertiser"  for  h^x'A  22,  1783. 

SHARPLES,  Mrs.  (Ellen)  James 

b.    March   4^   17^9  Birmingham^   England;   d.    March  4^ 

1849,  Bristol,  England. 
Portrait  painter  in  pastel  and  miniature. 

Mrs.  Sharples,  the  wife  of  James  Sharpies  (1750- 
1811)  the  famous  pastel  portrait  painter,  often  copied 
her  husband's  pictures.  \x\  her  own  words:  "Mr. 
Sharpies  was  usually  engaged  drawing  in  crayons  the 
portraits  of  the  most  distinguished  Americans,  Foreign 
Ministers,  and  other  distinguished  visitants  from 
Europe:  copies  were  frequently  required;  these  I  under- 
took, and  was  so  far  successful  as  to  have  as  many 
commissions  as  I  could  execute.  They  were  thought 
equal  to  the  originals,  price  the  same.  We  lived  in  good 
style,  associating  in  the  first  society.  I  was  too  nervous 
to  practice  drawing  original  portraits,  being  always 
exceedingly  agitated  when  I  attempted  them." 

She  bequeathed  a  large  sum  of  money  for  the  founding 
of  the  Bristol  Fine  Arts  Academy  and  also  the  ninety- 

Sel — Sharpies:    143 

142 


seven  pictures  by  her  husband,  herself,  James  Junior 
and  Rolinda,  called  "The  Sharpies  Collection." 

1.  George  Washington.   After  James  Sharpies.   On  ivory. 

General  E.  L.  Rogers,  Baltimore,  1892. 
Probably  destroyed  in  the  Baltimore  Fire. 

2.  George  Washington,   x^fter  James  Sharpies.   On  ivory. 

Miss  A.  E.  Evans,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  1892. 
See  "Magazine  of  American  History,"  v.  11,  p.  513. 

SHEPHERD,  T.  S. 

Flourished  184^-1846,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

SHUMWAY,  Henry  Colton 

b.    July  4^  i8oy^  Middleton,  Conn.;    d.  May  6,  1884,  New 
York. 

Miniature  paititer. 

Shumway  came  to  New  York  in  1827  and  studied  at 
the  National  Academy.  In  1829  he  began  his  pro- 
fessional career  as  a  miniature  painter  in  New  York  and 
other  cities.  He  was  elected  N.A.  in  1832.  During  the 
Civil  W^ar  he  took  an  active  part  as  Colonel  of  the 
Seventh  New  York  Regiment.  A  captain  of  the  New 
York  State  Militia  for  twenty  eight  years  he  was  also 
a  member  of  the  veteran  corps.  /\fter  the  Civil  War 
when  the  daguerreotype  diminished  the  demand  for 
miniatures  he  tinted  photographs.  Before  this  time, 
however,  his  work  was  greatly  in  demand. 

I.    Henry  Clay. 


2.    Cyrus  W.  Field. 


U.  S.  National  Museum. 
Shepherd — Shumway:    144 


143 


3-  Honorable   Gideon  Lee.  N.  A,  Exhibition,  1838. 

4.  Mrs.  Gideon  Lee.  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1838. 

5.  Prince  Napoleon,  Later  Napoleon  IIL 

Rev.  Mr.  Stewart,  U.  S.  N.,  1870. 

6.  Judge  Storrs. 

7.  Daniel  Webster. 

8.  Colonel  Wads  worth. 

SIMES,  Mary  Jane 
Flourished  1826-18JI,  Baltimore. 
Miniature  painter. 

She  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy. 

SMITH,  James  P. 

b.    about  iSoj;    d.  1888,  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

Charles  Henry  Hart  dedicated  his  book  "Life 
Masks  of  Eminent  Americans"  as  follows:  "To  the 
Memory  of  James  P.  Smith,  miniature  painter  who 
first  developed  my  taste  for  art  I  inscribe  this  volume 
as  a  token  of  gratitude. " 
I.    Miniature  of  Napoleon.   After  Vernet. 

Penn.  xAcademy,  1827. 
1.    Copy  of  a  Miniature  by  Malbone. 

Penn.  Academy,  1850. 

3.  James  P.  Smith,    i^iyii^,. 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  Sale,  1920. 

4.  Charles  Smith.    2^x2>^. 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  Sale,  1920. 

5.  Charles  Smith.   2K^x2>^. 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  Sale,  1920. 

Simes — Smith,  J.  P.:    145 
144 


SMITH,  John  Rubens 

b.    about  lyyo  in  England;   d.  August  21^  /c?^9,  New  York. 

Etcher^   mezzotint  engraver  and  portrait  painter  in   water 

colors. 

John  Rubens  Smith  was  the  son  of  the  celebrated 
English  engraver  John  Raphael  Smith.  He  was  in  New 
York  in  181 2  and  went  later  to  Boston  as  a  drawing 
teacher.  He  returned  shortly  to  New  York  and  con- 
tinued to  teach  drawing.  Miniatures  by  him  are  owned 
by  the  Brooklyn  Museum  and  by  Mr.  John  Hill 
Morgan. 

SMITH,  William  Good 

Flourished  1844-1846,  New  York. 
Portrait  pai}iter  i)i  oils  atid  miniature. 

SOUTHWARD,  George 

b.    April  180J,  Salem,  Mass.;   d.  there,  Feb.  ig,  iSyd. 

Landscape,  still  life,  portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

Early  in  life  Southward  was  a  member  of  the  boot  and 
shoe  firm  of  Kimball  and  Southward.  He  finally  re- 
linquished business,  however,  went  to  Boston,  studied 
under  Ames  and  later  accompanied  that  painter  to 
Rome.  A  portrait  of  Southward  by  Ames  is  in  the 
collection  of  the  Ehrich  Galleries.  At  one  time  he  was 
a  pupil  of  Thomas  Sully.  He  settled  in  Salem  after  his 
studies  and  had  a  studio  in  the  Bank  Building  on 
Central  Street.  See  "Essex  Institute  Historical  Collec- 
tions," volume  14,  pages  77-80. 

1.  Timothy  Pickering,  after  Stuart.  Essex  Institute. 

2.  George  Washington,  after  J.  W'right.       Essex  Institute. 

Smith,  J.  R. — Southward:    I46 
145 


SOUTHWORTH,  Nathaniel 

b.    1806,  Scituate^  Mass.;  d.  April  25,  /c?5<?,  Dorchester^ 

Mass. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  worked  in  Boston  from  1842  to  1848  and  then 
visited  Europe.  After  his  return  he  lived  both  in  New 
York  and  Philadelphia.  His  miniatures  are  noted  for 
their  accurate  drawing. 

I.    Miss  Foster  of  Scituate. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 
1.    Miss  Lucy  Ellis.         Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

STAIGG,  Richard  Morrell 

b.    September  y,  18 ly^  Leeds.,  England;   d.  October  11, 1881^ 
Newporty  R.  I. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

Richard  M.  Staigg,  or  Stagg  as  the  name  is  some- 
times spelled,  worked  in  an  architect's  office  about  1830- 
183 1  leaving  in  the  latter  year  for  the  United  States. 
He  settled  in  Newport  and,  encouraged  by  Washington 
AUston,  became  an  artist.  His  early  work  was  entirely 
in  miniature.  He  was  elected  N.A.  in  1861,  exhibiting 
regularly  at  the  Academy  displays.  He  visited  Europe 
in  1 867-1 869  and  1 872-1 874.  During  his  last  years 
he  took  up  portrait  painting  in  oils  and  lived  at  New- 
port. At  the  sale  of  his  effects  there  were  twenty-five 
miniatures,  one  hundred  and  three  oil  paintings  and  a 
number  of  water  colors. 

1.  Washington  Allston.  Metropolitan  Museum. 

2.  W^ashington  Allston.    Rectangular.    i^y-ix^^A-    A  rep- 
lica of  a  painting  in  1 841.  Boston  Museum. 

Southworth — Staigg:    147 
146 


3-   Josiah  Belknap. 

4.  Charles  T.  Brooke.    Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

5.  Mrs.  John  Castoff.     Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

6.  Charles  Codman. 

7.  Mr.  A.  W.  Dennis.     Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

8.  Dr.  Theophilus  Dunn. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890 

9.  Everett. 

10.  Mrs.  John  Henry  Gilliat. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

11.  Mrs.  Nathan  Gould.   Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

12.  John  F.  Kensett. 

13.  W.  H.  King  Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

1 4.  Abbott  Lawrence. 

15.  Reverend  Dr.  Lowell  of  Cambridge. 

16.  Mrs.  George  C.  Mason  at  15  years  of  age. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  L,  1890. 

17.  John  Lothrop  Motley,  1850-51. 

Lady  Harcourt,  England. 

18.  Mrs.  John  Lothrop  Motley,  unfinished. 

Lady  Harcourt,  England. 

19.  Daniel  Webster.        Engraved  by  Dodson  and  Cheney. 

20.  Daniel  Webster.  Engraved  by  A.  B.  Durand. 

STEVENS,  George  W. 

Flourished  18^2,  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

STOUGHTON,  Mrs. 

See  Anna  C.  Peale 

Stevens — S  tough  ton:    148 
147 


STUART,  Gilbert 

b.   December  j,  I755-,   near   Kingston^   Rhode  Island;    d. 

July  p,  1828^  Boston. 
Portrait  painter  and  miniaturist. 

The  late  Charles  Henry  Hart  wrote  concerning  Sarah 
Goodridge : 

"It  was  to  show  her  how  to  paint  that  Stuart  painted 
his  only  known  miniature,  a  head  of  General  Knox, 
which  she  failed  in  copying."  However  several  minia- 
tures have  been  attributed  to  Gilbert  Stuart.  One  of 
Joseph  Anthony  has  been  often  reproduced. 

From  1773  to  1774  Stuart  was  in  Edinburgh;  from 
1774  to  1775  in  Newport;  from  March  1775  to  1778  in 
London;  from  1788  to  1793  in  Dublin;  from  1793  to 
late  in  the  year  1794  in  New  York;  from  1794  to  1803 
in  Philadelphia;  from  1803  to  1805  in  Washington, 
D.  C;  and  in  1806  he  moved  to  Boston  where  he  died 
in  1828. 

1.  Captain  Joseph  Anthony.   Attributed. 

Miss  M.  B.  Smith,  Pa.,  1898. 

2.  Anthony  Elton.   Oval.    2>^xiK.        Boston  Museum. 

3.  John  Henderson,  the  actor.  On  canvas. 

The  Wellesley  Collection,  England. 

4.  General  Knox.  Drexel  Collection,  Pa. 

5.  George  Washington.    8x5.  On  silk. 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  Sale,  1920. 
SULLY,  Lawrence 

b.    December  28^  i7^9->  Kilkenny^  Ireland;    d.    1804^  Rich- 
mond, Va. 
Miniature  painter. 

Lawrence  Sully  was  the  elder  brother  of  Thomas 

Stuart — Sully,  L.:    149 
148 


Sully.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1792  and  started 
as  a  "painter  of  devices."  From  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  where  he  first  lived,  he  went  to  Virginia  the 
same  year  and  established  himself  as  a  miniature 
painter  in  Richmond.  In  1793  he  married  Sarah  Annis 
of  Annapolis  and  moved  to  Norfolk  in  1801  with  his 
brother  Thomas  who  helped  support  the  growing 
family  by  assisting  in  the  miniature  painting.  He  failed 
in  1803  and  went  to  Richmond  leaving  his  family  in 
Norfolk  for  his  brother  to  support.  In  x'\ugust  1804  they 
joined  him  a  short  time  before  his  death. 

1.  Cyrus  Griffin.    Oval.    2^4  x  2J4.    1799. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

2.  Edward  Drake  Jackson.   2Hx  i  H. 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

3.  Thomas  West.    2>^x2>^.    Signed  "L.  Sully." 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

4.  Patrick  Henry,  1795.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 
See  Charles  H.  Hart,  "Portraits  of  Patrick  Henry,"  in 
"Numismatic  and  Antiquarian  Society  Proceedings" 
i^pril  17,  191 1.  "Engraved  by  E.  Wellmore  from  a 
painting  by  J.  B.  Longacre  after  an  original  miniature 
in  the  possession  of  John  S.  Fleming  Esqr.  of  Virginia." 

5.  Portrait  of  a  Man.   Signed  "Sully  1798." 

Mr.  John  Hill  Morgan,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SULLY,  Rosalie  Kemble 

b.    June  jy  18/S,  Philadelphia;   d.    there,  Juiy  8, /S^/. 

Amateur  miniature  painter. 

Rosalie   Kemble   Sully  was    the  stepdaughter  of 

Thomas  Sully.   One  of  her  miniatures  was  a  copy  of  her 

father's  portrait  of  Mrs.  Sully. 

Sully,  R.  K.:    150 

149 


SULLY,  Thomas 

b.    June  lySj,  Horncastle^  England;   d.   November  5,  18^2^ 

Philadelphia. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  parents  of  Thomas  Sully  were  English  actors  who 
came  to  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  in  1792.  He  worked 
in  an  insurance  company  at  an  early  age  but  neglecting 
his  duties  he  was  sent  to  study  with  a  French  miniature 
painter  who  was  his  uncle  by  marriage.  In  1801  he  went 
with  his  brother  to  Norfolk  and  later  to  Richmond.  At 
Norfolk  he  painted  his  first  portrait  in  oil.  In  1806  he 
went  to  New  York  and  received  assistance  from  John 
Wesley  Jarvis  and  in  1807  he  moved  to  Boston  to  see 
Gilbert  Stuart.  He  was  in  New  York  again  in  1808,  in 
Philadelphia  in  1809,  in  London  during  1809-18 10, 
returning  to  Philadelphia  in  the  spring  of  the  latter 
year.  From  then  on  Philadelphia  remained  his  perma- 
nent home  but  he  made  frequent  visits  to  other  cities. 
In  1837  he  again  went  to  London  and  painted  a  portrait 
of  Queen  Victoria  of  which  he  made  several  replicas. 
Sully's  "Register  of  Portraits"  was  published  by  the 
late  Charles  Henry  Hart. 

Miss  Maria  Allison.    1802.     S 

Thomas  Armstead.    1801. 

Captain  Bills.    1801. 

Mrs.  Blythe,  1802. 

D.  Burr.    1805. 

Reverend  Buccanon.    1804. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Cook,  1801. 

Mrs.  Cooper,  1802. 

Mr.  J.  Dabney,  1806. 


150 


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0.    22. 

'       43- 

144. 

'     168. 

249. 

'     230. 

'     350- 

'    2>SS' 

'    388. 

Sully,  T.: 

151 

lO. 

Mr.  Davis,  1803.                     Sully's 

Register 

No.  423. 

II. 

I.  Davis,  1804. 

<< 

"    420. 

12, 

Mr.  Falcon,  1804. 

<< 

"     519. 

13- 

Mrs.  Farlow,  1802. 

(( 

"    521. 

14. 

Lieutenant  Gibbon,  1805. 

(< 

"    615. 

15- 

John    Green,    1804,    son    of 

William  Green. 

" 

"    ^SS- 

16. 

William    Green,    Comedian, 

1804.                                             Sully's 

Register 

No.  658. 

17- 

John  Grey,  1805. 

" 

"    661. 

18. 

Chancellor  Grimes,  1804. 

" 

"    674. 

19. 

W'illiam  Goddard,  oval. 

Boston 

Museum. 

20. 

John  Holmes,  1804.                  Sully's 

Register, 

No.  775. 

20a 

.    Mrs.    Hiott,     "deceased 

from  a  sketch. " 

" 

"    755- 

21. 

Mrs.  Hopkins,  1803. 

(( 

"    783- 

22. 

Mrs.  Jennings,  1802.                     " 

(( 

"    887. 

23- 

David  Johnston,  1804. 

" 

"    889. 

24. 

Mrs.  Johnston,  1802.  Painted 

from  memory. 

" 

"    893. 

25- 

Mrs.  McKenzie,  1804. 

c< 

"  1122. 

26. 

Mary  Matthews,  1803.                 " 

(( 

"  1158. 

27. 

Lawyer  Nemo,  1803.                     " 

<( 

"  1260. 

28. 

Elizabeth  New,  1802.                    " 

<< 

"  1261. 

29. 

M.  Ott,  jeweler,  1801.    Mrs. 

L.  W.  Drexel. 

" 

"  1^79- 

30- 

Caroline  Shoemaker,  of  Balti- 

more, 1804.                                      " 

(( 

"  1512. 

31- 

Sophia  Sully,  1801. 

' ' 

"  1643. 

3^- 

Chester  Sully,  1801.   "In  Nor- 
folk,  Virga.    being   my   first 
attempt  from  life,  for  Mary 

Lee." 

" 

"  1619. 

Sully,  T.- 

-Continued:    152 

151 

21,.    Madame  Solange  of  Norfolk, 


I«OI 


Sully's  Register  No.  1562. 
"  1707. 


'  1858. 

'  1887. 

'  1905- 
'  1908. 
'  1801. 
The  Ehrich  Galleries. 


34.    Mrs.  Tome,  1803. 
;^S'    Mr.  White,  Glass  Merchant, 
1801. 

36.  Mr.  Wilson,  1803. 

37.  Dudley  Woodworth,  1 801. 

38.  Mrs.  Worseley,  1805. 

39.  A  Lady  "from  description." 

40.  Portrait  of  a  Child.    3X  x  2>^ 

41.  Edward  Drake  Jackson.   2  H  x  i  >^. 

Stan.  V.  Henkels  Sale,  Dec.  1920. 

SULLY,  Thomas  Wilcocks 

b,    Jan.  J,  /<?//,  Philadelphia;   d.  there^  April  i8y  iS^y. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  son  of  Thomas  Sully,  Thomas  Wilcocks  Sully 
often  styled  himself  Thomas  Sully,  Jr.  Forrest  and  a 
number  of  other  famous  actors  of  the  day  were  his 
sitters  for  oil  portraits.  It  has,  however,  been  impos- 
sible to  identify  any  of  the  miniatures  he  is  said  to  have 
painted. 

TAYLOR 

Flourished  lydo^  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  copied  a  miniature  of  Oliver  Cromwell. 

TETLEY,  William  Birchall 

Flourished  1774-,  New  York. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

He  inserted  an  advertisement  in  Rivington's  "New 

Sully,  T.  W. — Tetley:    153 

152 


York  Gazette"  for  August  4  and  September  8,  1774. 
Besides  offering  to  paint  portraits  in  oil  he  undertook 
to  paint  miniatures  small  enough  for  a  bracelet  or  to 
be  set  in  a  ring. 

THOMAS,  C.  H. 

Flourished  iSjS-iSjg^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Thomas  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National  Aca- 
demy Exhibitions  during  1 838-1 839. 

THOMPSON,  William  John 

b.    lyyi:)  Savannah,  Ga.;  d.  184^,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miriiature. 

Thompson  was  a  Scotch  American  who  went  to 
England  and  exhibited  at  the  R.A.  from  1796  to  1812. 
In  the  latter  year  he  moved  to  Edinburgh  where  he 
was  made  an  Academician  of  the  Royal  Scottish 
Academy  in  1829. 
I.    William  Robertson. 

The  Misses  Blacklock,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1901. 

THOMPSON,  John 

Flourished  iSog,  Kingston,  Jamaica  and  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature  and  silhouette  cutter 
and  painter. 

John  Thompson  came  from  Kingston,  Jamaica  in 
1809  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  and  inserted  an  advertise- 
ment in  the  newspaper  in  which  he  stated  that  he  had 
"returned  to  accomplish  his  tour  of  British  America." 

Thomas — Thompson,  J.:    154 
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THORNTON,  William 

b.  May  2"/^  z/^/.  Island  of  Jost  Van  Dyke^  West  Indies; 
d.  March  28,  1828,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Physician,  architect,  engraver  and  portrait  painter  in  oils 

and  miniature. 

Dr.  Thornton  was  of  Quaker  parentage.  He  studied 
medicine  in  Edinburgh  but  was  also  an  accomplished 
architect  and  artist  as  well.  He  designed  the  Phila- 
delphia Library  Building  erected  in  1790.  He  became 
Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings  in  Washington,  D.  C. 
and  drew  the  first  plans  for  the  United  States  Capitol 
Building.  He  also  assisted  Thomas  Jefferson  with  the 
plans  for  the  University  of  Virginia  buildings.  He  be- 
came the  first  Chief  of  the  Patent  Office.  An  excellent 
account  of  Dr.  Thornton  by  Mr.  Allen  C.  Clark  was 
published  in  "The  Records  of  the  Columbia  Historical 
Society"  Washington,  D.  C,  191 5.  In  1781  Dr.  Thorn- 
ton made  a  few  engravings  in  mezzotint. 

1.  George  Washington.  Profile  in  white  on  a  blue  ground. 
Cardboard.  Water  color.  Loaned  to  National 
Museum  by  Mr.  Walter  G.  Peter,  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  Mrs.  James  Madison.    Water  color. 

Reproduced  in  "Scribner's,"  Oct.  1906. 

3.  Mrs.  Ann  Brodeau.    Water  color. 

Miss  V.  Miller,  Washington,  D.  C. 

4.  Mrs.  Thornton.   Water  color. 

Miss  V.  Miller,  Washington,  D.  C. 

5.  Mrs.  Thornton.   Water  color. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Smith,  Washington,  D.  C. 

6.  Self  portrait.   Water  color. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Smith,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Thornton:    155 
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TIEBOUT,  Mademoiselle 
Flourished  iSj/f^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Dunlap  speaks  of  her  as  "Mademoiselle  Tiebout 
of  Paris. " 

TISDALE,  Elkanah 

b.    about  lyyiy  Lebanon^  Conn.;   d.    after  iSj^. 

Miniature  and  historical  painter. 

The  only  assistance  Tisdale  received  in  art  was  from 
the  study  of  paintings  by  Trumbull  in  Lebanon.  His 
picture  "The  Battle  of  Lexington"  was  engraved  by 
Tiebout  in  1797  and  became  highly  popular.  In  1807  he 
illustrated  Alsop  and  Dwight's  "Echo."  He  painted 
miniatures  in  New  York  in  1805  and  later  moved  to 
Hartford  where  he  became  a  member  of  "The  Graphic 
Company"  making  vignettes  for  engravings.  Li  1820 
he  moved  to  New  York,  his  connection  with  "The 
Graphic  Company"  continuing,  however,  until  1825. 
Li  1 826-1 827  he  visited  Albany  with  Benjamin  Trott. 
He  was  also  a  writer  and  wrote  the  political  satire 
"Gerrymander. " 

1.  General  Knox. 

Mr.  A.  H.  Emmons,  Norwich,  Conn.,  1907. 

2.  Mrs.  Jonathan  Trumbull. 

Mrs.  J.  Trumbull,  Norwich,  Conn.,  1897. 

3.  T-  G.  C.  Brainard. 

"Painted  by  Tisdale — Engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre. " 

Tiebout — Tisdale:    156 


TORREY,  Manasseh  Cutler 

Flourished  i8jo-i8j'/^  New  York,  Boston  and  Salem. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

According  to  Stauffer,  Manassah  Cutler  Torrey  was 
the  brother  of  C.  C.  Torrey  the  engraver.  Cummings 
in  his  "Annals  of  the  National  Academy"  records  that 
on  March  22,  1830  M.  C.  Torrey  received  the  first  of 
three  premiums  delivered  by  Henry  Inman  to  the 
students  of  the  National  Academy.  Felt  in  his  "Annals 
of  Salem,"  says  that  he  worked  from  1831  to  1837  both 
in  Boston  and  Salem  and  that  he  died  in  the  latter 
year,   Dunlap  speaks  of  his  work  as  chiefly  in  miniature. 

TROTT,  Benjamin 

b.    about  lyyo  probably  in  Boston;  still  living  in  Baltimore 
in  1 8 41. 

Portrait  painter  in  miniature  and  oils. 

Benjamin  Trott  probably  came  from  Boston  ac- 
cording to  Dunlap  but  the  precise  information,  after 
all,  is  of  small  moment.  We  know  that  he  appeared 
in  New  York  as  a  miniature  painter  about  1791  and 
left  in  1793  for  Philadelphia  to  make  miniature  copies 
of  paintings  for  Gilbert  Stuart.  In  1796  he  accompanied 
Elkanah  Tisdale  on  a  visit  to  Albany.  Two  years  later 
he  moved  outside  of  Philadelphia  near  the  Falls  of  the 
Schuylkill  and  had  as  neighbors  David  Edwin  and 
Gilbert  Stuart.  His  name  is  given  in  the  New  York 
directory  for  1798  as  a  miniature  painter  living  at  i 
Wall  Street.  He  returned  shortly  to  Philadelphia. 
In  1805  he  packed  his  painting  materials  in  saddle  bags 
and  went  on  a  horseback  tour  "to  the  western  world 

Torrey — Trott :    157 

156 


beyond  the  mountains,"  and  returned  to  Philadelphia 
in  1806  after  a  very  successful  year.  He  lived  at  231 
Mulberry  Street  until  1807,  when  he  moved  to  Sixth 
and  Minor.  There  he  stayed  until  18 10.  In  1809-18 10 
he  shared  a  studio  with  Thomas  Sully  on  Sansom  Street. 
He  exhibited  at  the  Pennsylvania  Academy,  in  181 1  and 
181 2.  In  the  former  year  Dunlap  records  a  visit  he 
paid,  in  company  with  Trott,  to  David  Edwin's  rooms 
to  see  the  drawings  of  Charles  Robert  Leslie.  Trott 
moved  again  in  18 13  and  lived  at  7  Little  George  Street 
until  1 8 19  when  he  moved  to  165  Chestnut  Street. 
He  visited  Charleston,  South  Carolina  in  the  latter 
year.  After  remaining  in  Philadelphia  for  some  time 
he  mysteriously  left  for  Newark  where  he  lived  in 
obscurity  for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  moved 
to  New  York.  In  the  directory  for  1 829-1 830  there  is  the 
following  entry:  "B.  Trott,  portrait  and  miniature 
painter.  15  Pine.  Upstairs;"  and  in  1 832-1 833  he 
lived  at  40  xArcade.  The  portraits  in  oils  are  said  not  to 
have  been  remarkable  for  artistic  quality.  The  next 
move  he  made  was  to  Boston  in  1833,  and  the  directory 
contains  but  one  entry:  "Benj.  Trott,  miniature  painter. 
3  Scollay  buildings. "  The  late  Charles  Henry  Hart 
wrote:  "He  was  painting  in  Baltimore  in  September 
1839,  which  is  the  last  we  hear  of  him."  However, 
the  Baltimore  directory  for  1840-1841  shows  him  as 
still  living  in  the  city.  The  entry  reads:  "B.  Trott, 
portrait  and  miniature  painter.  Office  cor.  St.  Paul  and 
Fayette  Sts. "  Although  he  painted  portraits  in  oil 
these  have  not  been  brought  to  light  and  Benjamin 
Trott  is  known  only  as  a  miniature  painter.  His  fame 
rests  upon   a  little  more   than   a  score  of  miniatures. 

Trott — Continued:    158 
157 


But  these  rank  with  the  work  of  Malbone,  Fraser  and 
Field;  and  time  has  substantiated  the  praise  of  his  con- 
temporaries. In  his  later  miniatures  he  left  as  the  back- 
ground the  cream  colored  ivory  itself.  His  splendid 
portrait  of  Nicholas  Biddle  is  an  example  of  this  prac- 
tice. It  is  reproduced  in  Professor  McGrane's  "Nicholas 
Biddle." 

1.  James  Abercrombie,  D.D.,  engraved  by  Edwin. 

2.  Lewis  x'^dams,  1828.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

3.  Joseph  i\nthony,  1738-1798.        Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

4.  Mr.  Aitken  of  South  Carolina.   3  x  1}^. 

The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

5.  Nicholas  Biddle.   3f^x2><.  Mr.  E.  Biddle,  Pa. 

6.  Mrs.  Blair  of  Germantown. 

Exhibition,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1890. 

7.  George  Clymer,  engraved  by  John  Sartain,  and  also 
by  Longacre.  Originally  owned  by  Mrs.  G.  Grant, 
Rome,  Italy,  and  La  Comtesse  de  Bryas,  Paris,  1892. 

8.  Solomon  Etting.  Pennsylvania  Academy. 

9.  Colonel  James  Gibson. 

Engraved  by  Goodman  and  Piggott. 

10.  Mrs.  Walter  Livingston.  3  x  2>^.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

11.  Cornelius  Lowe. 

12.  Mr.  Lyman,   zyix  lyi.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

13.  Mrs.  Alexander  Macomb.        N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

1 4.  Robert  Morris.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

15.  John  Woods  Power. 

Rhode  Island  School  of  Design. 

16.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Powel.  Newport,  R.  I.,  1884. 

17.  James  Richards. 

18.  Lewis  Sandars.  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Pratt. 

Trott — Continued:    159 
158 


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19.  Honorable  William  Wilkins. 

20.  Charles  Wilkins,  1824?   Oval.    2^x2%'. 

Mr.  Herbert  Du  Puy. 

21.  James  Williams.  Miss  A;  Cooper,  Pa.,  1898. 
22-25.    ^^  Frame  containing  Four  Miniatures. 

Pennsylvania  Academy. 
I.    Benjamin   Wilcox.    2.    A  Lady  in   a   Black  Laced 
Veil.   3.  and  4.  unknown. 
26.    George  Washington.    Engraved  by  Longacre. 

This  was  probably  a  miniature  after  the  Stuart  paint- 
ing. 

TRUMBULL,  John 

b.    Jufie  6y  7/5^,  Le^a?io?2,  Conn.;  d.  November  10,  i8^j^ 
New  York. 

Historical.,  portrait  and  miniature  painter  in  oils  on  wood. 
Trumbull  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1773  and, 
Dunlap  states:  "This  early  entrance  at  college  was,  as 
he  considers,  one  of  the  misfortunes  of  his  life."  When 
the  Revolution  started  he  became  adjutant  under 
General  Gates  in  1775.  He  was  stationed  at  Roxbury 
during  the  Battle  of  Bunker's  Hill  and  served  later  at 
Crown  Point  and  Ticonderoga.  He  was  also  with 
Washington  in  New  Jersey.  In  1777  he  resigned,  paid 
a  brief  visit  to  Lebanon  and  went  to  Boston  to  study 
the  paintings  of  Copley.  He  sailed  for  France  in  1780 
and  then  went  to  London  where  he  was  arrested  as  a 
spy  suspect  and  released  through  the  intercession  of 
Benjamin  West.  In  1782  he  was  back  in  Boston.  The 
winter  of  1 782-1 783  he  passed  at  New  Windsor.  In 
1784  he  went  again  to  London.  The  next  year  he  began 
to   think   seriously  of  the   historical   compositions   for 

Trott — Trumbull:    160 
159 


which  he  became  famous.  The  first  was  of  the  Battle 
of  Bunker's  Hill.  He  visited  France,  returning  to 
London  in  1786.  He  made  another  visit  to  France  in 
1789  and  witnessed  the  fall  of  the  Bastille.  He  then  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  and  made  many  trips  about 
the  country  to  obtain  information  for  his  paintings  and 
subscribers  for  the  engraved  reproductions.  The  small 
oil  miniature  portraits  he  painted  about  this  time  for 
the  actors  in  his  pictorial  dramas  may  be  said  to  con- 
stitute his  best  work.  In  May  1794  he  was  appointed 
secretary  to  John  Jay  and  sailed  for  England.  Being  in 
Paris  in  1797  on  a  short  visit  concerning  the  engraving 
after  the  "Battle  of  Bunker's  Hill"  he  was  detained  for 
the  lack  of  a  passport.  The  eloquence  of  Louis  David 
before  Talleyrand  in  behalf  of  the  artist  and  his  work  ob- 
tained the  passport  and  Trumbull  returned  to  London. 
In  1804  he  sailed  for  the  United  States  visiting  London 
during  1806-18 12.  He  settled  in  New  York  in  the  latter 
year.  He  wrote  his  autobiography  in  Philadelphia. 
Late  in  life  he  established  the  Trumbull  Gallery  in  New 
Haven.  In  18 16  he  became  president  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Fine  Arts. 

1.  John  Adams,  1792.    Second  President.   (1735-1826.) 

2.  Dr.  Allen,  1827.    unidentified. 

3    Fisher  Ames.     1792.   Orator  and  Lawyer.    (1758-1808.) 

4.  Judge  Egbert  Benson.     1792.     Continental  Congress; 
(1746-1833.) 

5.  Honorable     John     Brooks,     1790.      Governor     Mass. 
(1752-1825.) 

6.  John  Brown.  1792.   First  LT.S.  Senator  from  Kentucky. 

(1757-1837-) 

Trumbull — Continued:    161 

160 


7-    General  Richard  Butler.    1790.    Of  the  Pennsylvania 
Line.     b.  Ireland;  d.  1791. 

8.  John  Caldwell  Calhoun.    1827.   Vice  President.    (1782- 
1850.) 

9.  Giuseppe    Carrachi.      1792.     Sculptor.      (1751-1801.) 
Executed  by  Napoleon. 

10.  Harriet  Chew.    1793. 

11.  Sophie  Chew.    1793. 

12.  Eleanor  Custis.    1792. 

13.  Tristram  Dalton.     1792.    U.  S.  Senator  from  Massa- 
chusetts.   (1738-1817.) 

14.  Henry    Dwight.     1827.     M.    C.    from    Massachusetts. 
(1788-1845.) 

15.  Oliver  Ellsworth.    1792.    Chief  Justice.     (1745-1807.) 

16.  Temple  Franklin.    1791.  Grandson  of  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin.   (i76o?-i823.) 

17.  Good  Peter,  a  Chief  of  the  Six  Nations. 

18.  Nathaniel    Greene.      179--      Major-General.      (1742- 
1786.)    From  memory. 

19.  John   Faucherand  Grimke.     1791.   Lieut. -Col.    (1752- 
1819.) 

20.  George  Hammond.    1792.  Peace  Commissioner.   (1763- 

18530 

21.  Major  Jonathan  Haskell.   1791.    Soldier  and  pioneer. 

(1755-1814.) 

22.  Dr.   Lemuel   Hopkins   of  Hartford.     1793-     Poet   and 
Physician.    (1750-1801,) 

23.  Colonel  William  Hull.     1792.    Governor  of  Michigan 
Territory.    (1752-1825.) 

24.  The  Lifant.   A  chief  of  the  Six  Nations.    1792. 

25.  Ralph  Izard,    1791.   U.  S.  Senator.    (1742-1804.) 

Trumbull — Coiitinued:    162 
161 


26.  John  Jay.    1793.    Statesman.    (1745-1829.) 

27.  Rufus  King.    1792.    Statesman.    (1755-1827.) 

28.  John  Langdon.    1792.    U.  S.  Senator.    (1739-1819.) 

29.  Henry  Laurens.     1791.    Peace  Commissioner.    (1724- 
1792.) 

30.  Arthur  Lee.    1791.    Diplomatist.    (1740-1792.) 

31.  Samuel  Livermore.    1791.   LI.  S.  Senator.    (1732-1803.) 

32.  Lieutenant  Lawrence  Manning.    1791.   Of  Lee's  Legion 
at  Eutaw. 

^2-    Thomas  Mifflin.    1791.    Major  General.    (1744-1800.) 

34.  Colonel  Daniel  Morgan.     1792.    Of  the  Rifle  Corps. 
(1736-1802.) 

35.  General  William  Moultrie.    1791.    Governor  of  S.  C. 
(1731-1805.) 

36.  Thomas  Jackson  Oakley.    1827.    Judge.    (1783-1857.) 

37.  David  B.  Ogden.    1827.   Lawyer.    (1769-1849.) 

38.  Charles  Cotesworth  Pinckney.    1791.    Major  General. 
(1746-1825.) 

39.  Thomas  Pinckney.   1791.  Major  General.  (1750-1828.) 

40.  Brigadier   General    Rufus    Putnam.     1790.     Surveyor 
General.   (1738-1790.) 

41.  Jacob  Read.   1790.  M.  C.  from  South  Carolina.   (1752- 
1816.) 

42.  John  Rutledge.    1791.    Judge  Supreme  Court.    (1739- 
1800.) 

43.  Cornelia  Schuyler. 

44.  Philip  John  Schuyler.    1792.    Major  General.    (1733- 
1804.) 

45.  Theodore  Sedgwick.    1791.    M.C.    (1746-1813.) 

46.  Thomas  Youngs  Seymour.   1792.  Major.   (1757-1811.) 

47.  Brigadier   General    Smallwood.     1792.     After   C.    W. 
Peale.    (1732-1792.) 

Trumbull — Contiuued:    163 
162 


48.  Julia  Seymour.    1792. 

49.  William   Smith.     1792.     M.C.     Copy    1831    by   Flagg. 
(1730-1814.) 

50.  Captain     Thomas     Stevens.      1791-      Probably     from 
South  Carolina. 

51.  Jonathan  Trumbull.   1792.  Speaker  U.  S.  H.  R.   (1740- 
1809.) 

52.  Jonathan    Trumbull    Sr.     Governor    of    Connecticut. 
(1710-1785.) 

53.  John  Trumbull.    1794.   Author  of  "McFingal.  "    (1750- 
'1831.) 

54.  Faith    Trumbull.     1791.     Later    Mrs.    Daniel    Wads- 
worth.   ( 1 769-1 846.) 

55.  Mrs.   Trumbull.     1793.     Of  Lebanon,    Conn.     (1749- 
1826.) 

^6.    Catherine  W^adsworth.    1792. 

57.  Harriet    Wadsworth.     1791.     Daughter   of  J.    Wads- 
worth.    (1769-1793.) 

58.  Mrs.  Washington.    1792.    Wife  of  George  Washington, 
( 1 732-1 802.) 

i;g.    General    Otho    Holland    Williams.      1790.     Copy    by 
Flagg.    1842.    ( 1 749-1 800.) 

60.  The   Young   Sachem.     A    Chief  of   the    Six   Nations. 
1792. 

The  above  sixty  miniatures  painted  in  oil  on  wood  are 
at  the  Yale  School  of  Fine  Arts.  They  are  oval — about 
four  inches  high  by  three  inches  wide. 

61.  Egbert  Benson.    1792. 

Hon.  J.  Jay,  Katonah,  N.  Y.,  1892. 

62.  Joseph  T.  Buttingham.    2>^xi:^4.       Boston  Museum. 

63.  Giuseppe  Caracchi.   3^4x3. 

Mr.  R.  W^  De  Forest,  N.  Y. 

Trumbull — Continued:    164 
163 


64.  Benjamin  Franklin. 

65.  General  Nathaniel  Greene.   Mrs.  Louis  H.  Meeder,  Jr. 

66.  Major  Jedediah  Huntington.   ^H  ^  3^- 

Miss  L.  L.  Huntington,  1909. 

67.  Major  William  Jackson,   4  x  2>^. 

Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania. 

68.  Thomas  Jefferson.    1787. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Burke,  Alexandria,  Va.,  1892. 

69.  Captain  Thomas  Jervey. 

Mrs.  H.  J.  Jervey,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

70.  John  Lawrence.    1792.  N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

71.  Samuel  Livermore.    1792. 

Mrs.  C.  G.  Saunders,  Lawrence,  Mass.,  1892. 

72.  Mrs.  Robert  Morris.    1790. 

Mrs.  S.  Ambler,  Hume,  Va.,  1892. 

73.  General  Thomas  Pinckney. 

Mrs.  Thomas  Pinckney,  Charleston,  S.   C. 

74.  Martha  Washington.  U.  S.  National  Museum. 

75.  George  Washington.  U.  S.  National  Museum. 

TUCKER,  Benjamin 

b.   Novemi^er  /j,  //68y   Newbury,  Mass.;    d.    afler  lygd 

probably  in  Newbury. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

See  J.  J.  Currier:  "History  of  Old  Newbury," 

TWIBILL,  George  W. 

b.    1806  Lampeter,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.;  d.  Feb.  18,  i8j6, 

New  York. 
Portrait  painter. 

TwiBiLL  was  the  pupil  of  J.  Parisen  and  Henry  In- 
man.    Cummings  wrote:  "His  portraits  in  oil  in  small 

Tucker — Twibill:    165 
164 


were  of  an  excellence  seldom  equalled. "   He  was  elected 
Associate  N.A.  in  1832  and  N.A.  in  1833. 

1.  Colonel  Trumbull.    Full  length,  cabinet  size. 

National  Academy  of  Design. 

2.  Colonel  Trumbull.    Full  length,  cabinet  size. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Silliman,  1917. 

3.  Colonel  Trumbull.    Full  length,  cabinet  size. 

4.  General  Cummings.    Full  length,  cabinet  size. 

VAIL,  Miss  A.  D. 

Flourished  18^8-1841^  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

Miss  Vail  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National 
Academy  from  1838  to  1841. 

VAILLANT,  Madame 

Flourished  182^.,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

VALENTINE,  William 

b.    i'/g8  Whitehaven,   Cu7nberland,  England;  d.   Dec.  26, 

184^,  Halifax,  N.  S. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils.    Painted  a  few  miniatures. 

William  Valentine  left  England  in  1818  and  settled 
permanently  in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  He  was  at  first 
a  house  painter  and  interior  decorator  of  the  firm  of 
Bell  and  Valentine  until  the  partnership  dissolved  in 
1824.  But  his  time  was  not  completely  occupied  at  this 
work  and  as  early  as  18 19  he  was  teaching  drawing  "in 
all  its  branches."  In  1826  he  visited  Boston.  His 
earliest   identified    portrait    dates    from    1828.     About 

Vail — Valentine:    166 
165 


the  summer  of  1836  he  visited  London,  where  he  made 
copies  of  portraits  that  were  greatly  admired,  and  re- 
turned about  the  spring  of  1837.  About  1842  he  started 
taking  daguerreotypes  and  was  never  free  from  having, 
at  times,  to  continue  his  trade  as  decorator.  A  fire 
which  burned  his  studio  on  Bell  Lane  a  few  years 
before  his  death  destroyed  a  number  of  his  paintings  and 
his  interest  both  in  life  and  art  never  again  fully  re- 
vived. See  Mr.  Harry  Piers'  paper  in  "Nova  Scotia 
Historical  Society  Collections,"  v.  18. 

1.  Edward  Sellon.   On  paper. 

2.  Sarah  Sellon.   Valentine's  second  wife. 

3.  Self  portrait.   Profile  on  bristol  board. 

Mrs.  C.  S.  Pickford,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

VALLEE,  Jean  Francois  de  La 

Flourished  ijS^-iSi^. 

Miniature  painter  and  silhouettist. 

Vallee  was  a  Frenchman  who  came  to  the  United 
States  to  start  a  cotton  mill  near  Alexandria,  Virginia. 
A  letter  from  Jefferson  to  Vallee  written  previous  to  the 
artist's  departure  is  dated  Paris  September,  1785. 
Vallee  was  unsuccessful  in  his  attempt  and  moved  to 
Philadelphia  and  finally  to  New  Orleans  about  181 5. 
Besides  painting  miniatures  on  ivory  he  cut  a  few 
silhouettes,  among  them  one  of  Washington  in   1795. 

1.  Andrew  Jackson.  3x23/^.    1815. 

Miss  L.  L.  Hunt,  Barry  town,  N.  Y.,  1897. 

2.  Miniature.  Mr.  H.  DuPuy,  Pittsburgh. 

3.  Theodore  M.  Flotard. 

Mrs.  Ethel  (Halliday)  Anderson,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vallee:    167 
166 


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VANDERLYN,  John 

b.    October  i/"/6,  Kingston^  Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.;  d.  there ,  18^2. 

Historical  and  portrait  painter. 

In  1792  John  Vanderlyn  went  with  his  brother  Dr. 
Peter  Vanderlyn  to  New  Yorls;.  He  found  employment 
there  in  the  print  store  of  a  Mr,  Barrow  in  1794.  During 
his  leisure  hours  he  attended  Archibald  Robertson's 
Drawing  Academy  and  Aaron  Burr  became  his  patron. 
He  was  in  Europe  during  1 801-18 10  and  while  in  Paris 
painted  the  celebrated  nude  "Ariadne."  In  1814  he 
returned  to  the  United  States.  He  died  in  extreme 
poverty  in  his  native  town.  An  annonymous  writer 
in  "Putnams  Magazine,"  for  June,  1854,  gives  some 
personal  recollections  of  the  artist. 

I.    Aaron  Burr.   Oil.    10x8.         N.  Y.  Historical  Society. 

VANDYCK,  James 
Flourished  iSo6-iSj^. 
Miniature  painter. 

In  the  "Polyanthus"  for  June  1806  there  is  an  en- 
graving by  S.  Harris  after  Vandyck's  portrait  of  John 
Winthrop.  Possibly  this  was  James  Vandyck.  His 
name  appears  in  the  New  York  directory  for  1834-1835 
as  "James  Vandyck,  miniature  painter,  62  Forsyth." 
I.    James  Lyon.  Mr.  Luke  Vincent  Lockwood. 

VERSTILLE,  William 

b.    about  1755;    d.  Dec.  6,  /Soj,  Bostof/. 
Mi?jiature  painter. 

William  Verstille  started  painting  about  1769 
and  lived  both  in  Boston  and  Salem.  In  1782  he  was 
working  in  Philadelphia  and  advertised  in  the  Pennsyl- 

Vanderlyn — Verstille:    168 
167 


vania  Gazette.  Dr.  Bentley's  "Diary"  contains  the 
two  following  entries  concerning  the  artist:  "A  Mr. 
Verstille  has  at  present  much  fame  and  it  is  believed 
great  success.  1802."  "My  miniature  was  by  Hazlitt, 
now  celebrated  in  London.  The  dress  was  changed  by 
Verstille  from  Connecticut.    181 8." 

1.  Captain  John  Carlton,  U.  S.  N.  Essex  Institute. 

2.  Jacob  Crowninshield. 

3.  Mrs.  Mary  Crowninshield  Silsbee. 

4.  John  Dabney,  Post  Master.   3  x  2>^.    1809. 

Essex  Institute. 

5.  Mrs.  S.  H.  Ward.    1803.  Miss  M.  W.  Nichols. 

6.  Joshua  Ward,  Junior. 

WALTERS,  John 

Flourished  1784^  Philadelphia. 
Miniature  painter. 

WARREN,  Asa 

Flourished  iS^d-iS^"/^  Boston. 
Miniature  painter. 

WARWELL 

b.    ?;  d.  May  20,  lydy,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Ltmner. 

The  Reverend  Robert  Wilson  in  his  paper  on  "Art 
and  Artists  in  Provincial  Carolina"  suggests  W^arwell 
as  the  painter  of  miniatures  of  William  Gibbs  and  Isaac 
Mazyck  the  Third,  both  bearing  the  date  1760.  He 
quotes  the  following  item  from  the  S.  C.  Gazette  for 
June  9,  1767:  "Died,  on  the  29th  INIay,  Mr.  Warwell, 
Sr.,  a  noted  Limner.  " 

W^alters — Warwell :    1 69 
168 


WASHBURN,  Mrs.  H.  B. 

See  Caroline  Mimger. 

WATSON,  John 

b.    1 68^^   Scotland;    d.    August  22^   i7^^->    P^^(h   Amboy^ 

N.  J.  Portrait  Painter. 

John  Watson  was  a  Scotchman  who  came  to  the 
Colonies  in  171 5  and  settled  in  Perth  Amboy.  He 
revisited  Europe  for  a  while  returning  with  a  collection 
of  pictures  which  Dunlap  wrote  could  be  called  the  first 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  It  was  subsequently  des- 
troyed. 

1.  Governor  Keith.    India  ink. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

2.  Governor  Keith's  wife.    India  ink. 

Historical  Society  of  Penn. 

WEINEDEL,  Carl 

b.    1795;   d.  May  11,  184^,  New  York. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National  Academy 
between  1839  and  1843.  -^^  ^^^  elected  Associate  N.  A. 
in  1839. 
I.    Unknown  Man.    "Engraved  by  J.  B.  Longacre  from  a 
miniature  by  Mr.  Weinedel." 

WELLMORE,  E. 

Flourished  18J4.-18J9,  Philadelphia  and  New  York. 
Engraver  and  miniature  painter. 

Wellmore  was  a  pupil  of  Longacre  in  Philadelphia 
and  engraved  a  number  of  portraits  for  the  "National 

Washburn — W^ellmore:    170 

i6q 


Portrait  Gallery. "    He  also  worked  in  New  York.     In 
his  later  years  he  took  to  the  ministry. 

WENTWORTH 

Flourished  iSi^,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

He  also  made  profile  portraits  in  pencil. 

WENZLER,  A.  H. 

b.    before  iSj2;    d.  iSyi. 
Miniature  painter. 

He  exhibited  miniatures  at  the  National  Academy 
during  1842  and  1844.  He  was  elected  N.  A.  in  1869  at 
the  same  time  as  Eastman  Johnson. 
I.    Dr.  J.  W.  Francis  N.  A.  Exhibition,  1842. 

WERTMULLER,  Adolph  Ulric 

b.   February   18,  7/5/,  Stockholm,  Sweden;  d.  October  5, 

18/1  at  Claymont  near  Wilmington,  Delaware. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils,  miniature  and  crayon. 

Wertmijller  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in 
Philadelphia  in  1794.  From  1796  to  1800  he  went  back 
to  Stockholm  returning  in  the  latter  year  to  settle 
permanently  in  this  country.  Washington  sat  to  him 
for  his  portrait  in  1794.  His  painting  of  "Danae"  was 
the  first  painting  of  the  nude  figure  publicly  exhibited 
in  this  country.  He  painted  portraits  of  Gustavus  III, 
Gustavus  IV  and  five  portraits  of  George  Washington. 
The  "Schedule"  of  the  sale  of  his  effects  lists,  besides 
his  materials  for  oil  paintings,  a  complete  set  of  brushes, 
glasses,  colors  and  ivory  for  miniature  painting. 

Wentworth — Wertmuller:    171 


I.    Elizabeth  Coates  Butler.    Oil,  cabinet  size. 

Mrs.  T.  R.  Ellis,  Pa.,  1898. 
1.    General  Washington.    "From    person;    small    oval,    6 

in.  by  5X  in.    1794." 

See:   "Schedule    of   Property,    of    the    Late    Adolphs 

Ulrich  Wertmiiller, "  1812. 

WEST,  Benjamin 

b.    October  10,  /yjS  near  Springfield^  Chester  Co.,  Pa.;   d. 

March  11,  1820,  London. 
Historical  and  portrait  paiiiter. 

Benjamin  West  painted  portraits  in  Philadelphia 
1756  and  in  New  York  1758.  Two  years  later  he  sailed 
for  Rome,  remaining  three  years.  He  spent  the  rest 
of  his  life  in  London  and  became  president  of  the 
Royal  Academy.  His  studio  was  open  to  all  the  young 
American  artists  either  staying  in  or  passing  through 
London.  Stuart,  Trumbull,  Fulton,  Wright  and  Mal- 
bone  are  a  few  of  the  many  painters  he  befriended  as 
well  as  instructed. 

The  miniature  portrait  of  himself  listed  below  was 
shown   him   in   London.    He   identified   it   as   an  early 
painting  and  remarked:  "Now  this  is  not  a  bad  picture 
for  one  who  had  never  seen  a  miniature!" 
I.    Self  portrait  at  the  Age  of  Eighteen. 

Pennsylvania  Academy  Exhibition,  18 17. 
1.    Lord  Byron's  Mother.   Signed  "B.  West,  1799." 

Bowdoin  College. 
WEST,  William  Edward 

b.    December  10,   1788 ,   Lexington,  Ky.;    d.    November  2, 

1 8 §7,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Historical  painter  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

West  painted  miniatures  for  some  time  before  going 

West,  B. — West,  W.  E.:    172 

171 


to  Philadelphia  about  1807  to  study  with  Thomas 
Sully.  x\fter  this  he  painted  in  18 19  in  Natchez,  Tennes- 
see and  finally  in  1820  he  sailed  for  Europe.  At  Leghorn 
he  painted  a  portrait  of  Lord  Byron.  In  1824  he  was  in 
Paris  and  in  1825,  London.  He  returned  to  the  United 
States  in  1839  staying  in  Baltimore  until  1840.  He  then 
moved  to  New  York  and  in  1855  to  Nashville.  His  por- 
traits in  oil  include  those  of  Percy  Shelley,  Washington 
Irving,  Countess  Guiccioli  and  Mrs.  Hemans.  See 
"Century  Magazine,"  Oct.  1805,  and  "Putnam's" 
Sept.  1907. 

I.    Percy  Bysshe  Shelley.    9x8.   Oil. 

Mrs.  J.  Dunn,  1905. 
WESTON,  Mrs.  Mary 

Flourished  mid  nineteenth  century ^  Hartford. 
Miniature  painter. 

WHEELER,  W.  R. 

b.    SciOj  Washington  Co.,  Michigan;  still  living  i8qj. 
Portrait,  miniature,  still  life  and  landscape  painter. 

Wheeler  first  received  his  instructions  in  art  from  an 

itinerant  miniature  painter,  then  at  Detroit  University. 

In  1 855  he  married  and  moved  to  Hartford.     See  French, 

"Art  and  Artists  in  Connecticut." 

WHITE,  John  Blake 

b.    September  2,  lySi  near  Eutaw  Springs;  d.  August  2^, 

i8^g,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Lawyer,  politician,  author,  historical  painter  and  portrait 

painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 
John  Blake  White  as  a  young  man  studied  law  at 

Weston — White:    173 

172 


Columbia,  S.  C;  then  accompanied  S.  F.  B.  Morse  to 
Europe  about  1800;  studied  art  under  Benjamin  West 
for  four  years  and  finally  resumed  the  study  of  the 
law.  He  was  repeatedly  elected  to  the  State  Legislature 
of  South  Carolina.  During  his  leisure  he  painted  many 
portraits,  wrote  plays  and  signed  a  number  of  historical 
compositions. 
I.    Mrs.  J.  B.  White. 

Mrs.  G.  L.  Buist,  Charleston,  S.  C,  1902. 

WILLIAMS,  Henry 

b.    //(S*/,  Boston;    d.  there,  October  21,  iSjo. 

Silhouettist  and  portrait  painter  in  oils  and  yniniatures. 

Henry  Williams  seems  to  have  worked  exclusively 
in  Boston.  Dunlap  speaks  of  him  as  also  modelling  in 
wax  and  being  a  professor  in  electricity.  One  of  his 
portraits  in  oil  was  of  Josiah  Thomas.  He  probably 
made  the  silhouette  signed  "Williams"  in  the  possession 
of  Mr.  D.  M.  Prouty  of  Boston  and  the  one  of  Mary 
Moody  Emerson,  also  signed  "Williams,"  reproduced 
in  Emerson's  "Journal"  volume  four.  The  Worcester 
Art  Museum  owns  a  portrait  in  wax  by  Williams  of 
Eben  Larkin. 

1.  Samuel  Larkin.  Worcester  Art  Museum. 

2.  William  Lovering.    2>^  x  2.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

3.  Charles  Bertody.   3^4  x  3.  The  Ehrich  Galleries. 

WILSON,  John  T. 

Flourished  1844-1860,  New  York. 
Portrait  and  miniature  painter. 

Williams — Wilson,  J.  T.:    174 

173 


WILSON,  Matthew 

b.  July  //,  1814^  London;  d.  Feb.  2j,  i8g2^  Brooklyn^  N.  Y. 

Portrait  painter  in  oils,  crayons  and  in  miniature. 

A  pupil  of  Henry  Inman,  Wilson  first  exhibited 
miniatures  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  in  Paris  in  1835. 
In  1843  ^^  was  elected  N.  A.  During  1 861-1863  in 
Hartford  he  became  a  popular  portrait  draughtsman 
in  crayons  and  pastel.  In  1863  he  moved  to  Brooklyn. 
He  worked  very  rapidly  often  completing  a  portrait  a 
day,  but  his  work  suffered  from  his  haste  in  execution. 
Among  the  sitters  for  his  portraits  in  oils  were  Tilden, 
Gideon  Welles,  Gallatin,  Washington  Irving,  Fenimore 
Cooper,  Thaddeus  Stevens  and  Lincoln. 

WOOD,  Joseph 

b.    about  ly/S  Clarkstown^N.  Y.;     d.    18^2^  Washington^ 

B.C. 
Portrait  painter  in  oils  and  miniature. 

The  son  of  a  farmer  who  was  also  the  sheriff  in  his 
native  town,  Joseph  Wood  turned  to  art  as  a  profession 
much  against  his  father's  wishes  and,  about  1794,  set 
out  on  foot  for  New  York  with  a  few  dollars  in  his 
pocket  intending  to  earn  his  living  with  his  pencil.  His 
inclinations  were  for  drawing  landscapes  but  by  chance 
his  talents  were  directed  toward  miniature  painting. 
After  a  number  of  years  at  odd  work  during  the  winter 
and  violin  playing  during  the  summer,  he  chanced  to 
see  a  miniature  in  a  shop  window  and  asked  permission 
to  copy  it.  This  started  him  on  his  career.  In  1804  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  John  Wesley  Jarvis  at  40 
Nassau  Street  and  that  year  both  received  assistance 

Wilson,  M.— Wood:    175 
174 


from  Edward  Malbone.  The  partnership  was  dissolved 
in  1809  when  Wood  took  a  studio  at  160  Broadway 
until  1811-13.  He  then  went  to  Philadelphia  where  he 
had  a  studio  at  93  South  Third  Street.  He  lived  in 
Philadelphia  at  least  as  late  as  18 17  and  exhibited  at 
the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts.  He  moved 
later  to  Washington  and  in  1827,  had  rooms  on  the 
north  side  of  Pennsylvania  Avenue  between  Ninth  and 
Tenth  Streets,  N.W.   His  portraits  are  excellent. 

1.  Samuel  Etting.   Attributed  to  Wood. 

Penn.  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts. 

2.  Andrew  Jackson.    Cabinet  size  oil  painting. 

3.  Andrew  Jackson.  "Engraved  by  Longacre  from  an 
original  miniature  by  J.  Wood.  B.  O.  Tyler,  Wash- 
ington City,  1824." 

4.  Henry  Clay.  Cabinet  size  oil  painting.  Lithographed 
in  1825  by  A.  Newsam. 

5.  Portrait  of  an  Unknown  Man.  Painted  in  water  color 
mounted  on  wood.  Signed  "Painted  by  J.  Wood." 
Inscription  on  the  reverse:  "Presented  to  Edith 
McPherson  by  Mrs.  Abby  Wood  1839." 

Miss  Bertha  E.  Perrie,  Washington,  D,  C. 
WOOLLEY 

Flourished  1757 •,  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 
Painter  of  cabinet  sized  portraits. 

WooLLEY  was  an  Englishman  who  came  to  the  United 
States  about  1797.  "His  best  work,"  wrote  Dunlap, 
"was  Archy  Gifford's  sign  at  Newark,  a  fox  hunt, 
doubtless  copied  from  a  print." 

WRENCH,  Mary 

Anne   H.    Wharton    quotes    the    story    about    Mary 

WooUey — Wrench:    176 

175 


Wrench  from  Charles  Wilson  Peale's  autobiographical 
notes  that  is  referred  to  in  the  present  volume  under 
Polly  Rench. 

WRIGHT,  Joseph 

b.   July  i6^  i75^y  Bordentowriy  N.  J,;  d.  lygj-,  Philadelphia. 

Portrait  painter. 

Joseph  Wright  was  the  son  of  Mrs.  Wright  the 
modeller  in  wax.  Mrs.  Wright  took  her  family  to  Lon- 
don about  1782,  where  Joseph  received  lessons  from 
Henry  Hoppner,  who  married  his  sister,  and  from 
Benjamin  West.  He  drew  a  "miniature  profile  likeness" 
of  Washington  unknown  to  the  sitter  during  church 
service  at  St.  Paul's,  New  York  and  this  sketch  was  etched 
and  printed  on  small  cards.  Washington  appointed  him 
first  draughtsman  and  die  sinker  to  the  mint.  He  de- 
signed the  first  United  States  coins.  See  C.  H.  Hart's 
article  in   the  "Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  History," 

1906. 

Wright:    176 


176 


INDEX 


Acres,  John  Edward 
Agate,  Alfred  T. 
Akin,  James 
Allen,  Sarah  Lockhart 
Allston,  Washington 
Ames,  Daniel  F. 
Ames,  Ezra 
Ames,  Julius  R. 
Anderson,  Alexander 
Andre,  John 
Andrews,  Ambrose 
Annelli,  Francesco 
Armstrong,  William  G. 
Atherton,  E. 

Badger,  Joseph  W. 
Baker,  George  Augustus 
Baker,  George  Augustus,  Jr. 
Baldwin,  William 
Ball,  Thomas 

Barbiere-Walbonne,  Jacques 
Barker,  M. 
Barralet,  John  James 
Barrett,  Thomas  E. 
Beard,  George 
Belzons 

Benbridge,  Henry 
Bingham,  George  Caleb 
Birch,  B. 
Birch,  Thomas 
Birch,  William  Russell 
Bishop,  Thomas 
Blanchard,  Mrs.  Eliza  H. 
Blanchard,  Washington 
Bogardus,  Mrs.  William 
Bogardus,  William 
Bolman,  Miss 
Bounetheau,  Henry  Brintnel! 


I 

Bourdon 

i6 

I 

Brewster,  John 

I? 

1-2 

Bridport,  Hugh 

17-18 

2 

Brodeau,  Anna  Maria 

18 

^-3 

Brooks,  Samuel 

18 

3 

Browere,  Alburtis  D.  0. 

18-19 

3 

Brown,  Abby  Mason 

19 

4 

Brown,  G. 

19 

4 

Brown,  George  Loring 

19-20 

4-5 

Brown,  Henry  I. 

20 

5 

Brown,  John  Henry 

20-21 

5 

Brown,  Mather 

21 

5-6 

Brown,  "Mysterious" 

21 

6 

Browning,  Mrs. 

22 

6 
6 

Burlin,  Richard 

22 

Calyo,  Nicolino  Vicompte 

de        22 

6-7 

Carlin,  John 

22-23 

7 

Catlin,  George 

23 

7 

Charles,  S.  M. 

23 

Luc  7 

Chesdebien 

24 

7 

Clark 

24 

8  Clark,  Alvan 

8  Clonney,  James  Goodwyn 

8  Clow,  J. 

8  Collas,  Louis  D. 

9  CoUes,  J. 

9-10  Comingo,  Brown 

10  Cooper,  James 

10  Cooper,  Peregrine  F. 

10-13  Copley,  John  Singleton 

13  Corne,  Michaele  Felice 

13  Cummings,  Thomas  Sier 
Cushman,  George  Hewitt 

Dalton,  E. 

De  Brehan,  Marchioness 

Demilliere 


14 
14 
14 
14 

15-16 


24-25 
25 
25 
26 
26 
26 
26 

27 
27-30 

31-32 


33 
33 


177 


Denning,  Charlotte 

Dewey,  S.  23' 

Dickinson,  Anson  34- 

Dickinson,  Daniel 

Dodge,  Edward  Samuel 

Dodge,  John  Wood  3^- 

Doyfe,  William  M.  S. 

Drexel,  Francis  Martin 

Drucez 

Dubourjal,  Savinien  Ednie 

Duncan,  Mrs.   See  Anna  Clay- 

poole  Peale 
Duncan,  James 
Dunkerley,  Joseph 
Dunlap,  Wiiliam  38- 

Durand,  Asher  Brown  41- 

Du  Simitiere,  Pierre  Eugene  42- 
Duval,  Ambrose 
Duvivier  and  Son 

Eager,  William 

Earl  or  Earle,  James 

Earl  or  Earle,  Ralph 

Earl  or  Earle,  Ralph  E.  W'.     44- 

Edwards,  Thomas 

Eichholtz,  Eicholtz  or  Eikholtz, 

Jacob 
Eldbridge,  C.  W.  45- 

Elliott  or  Elliot,  Charles  Lor- 

ing 
Ellis,  Salathiel 
Elouis,  Jean  Pierre  Henri 
Ellsworth,  J.  S. 
Emmons,  Alexander  H. 
Evans,  John  T. 
Evers,  John 


46-, 


47- 


Fairchild,  Louis  48- 

Fanshaw,  Samuel  Raymond  48- 

Fette,  Henry  Gerhard 

Field,  Robert  49- 

Finn,  Henry  J. 

Flagg,  Josiah,  Jr. 

Florimont,  Austin 

Folsom,  Mrs.  C.  A. 

Folwell,  Samuel 


33  Foulis,  R.  54 

-34  Eraser,  Charles  54~7o 

-35  Freeman,  George  I'^l'^ 

35  Frothingham,  Miss  Sarah  C.         71 

35  Fulton,  Robert  y^'T^ 
-36  Furnass,  John  Mason  72 

36  German,  John  D.  73 

36  Gerry,  Samuel  L.  73 

37  Gillespie,  J.  H.  73 
Gimber,  Stephen  H.  73 
Gimbrede,  Thomas  74 

38  Girault  74 
38  Godding,  William  C.  74 

-41  Goodridge,  Sarah  74-75 

-42  Greath  75-76 

-43  Greiner,  Christopher  76 

43  Griffing,  Martin  76 

43  Guillette,  Madame  J.  76 

43  Haag,  C.  77 

44  Haines,  William  77 

44  Hall,  Ann  77-78 
-45  Hall,  Henry  Bryan  78 

45  Hancock,  Nathaniel  l'^~19 
Hansell,  George  H.  79 

45  Harkins,  Robert  79 

46  Harvey,  George  79-80 
Hathaway,  J.  80 

46  Hazlitt,  John  80-81 

46  Heidemans,  Henri  82 

47  Henri,  Pierre  or  Peter  82 

47  Herrick,  Henry  W.  82 

48  Hervier,  Auguste  82-83 
48  Hill,  Pamela  E.  83 

48  Hillyer,  William  83 
Hite,  George  H.  83 

-49  Homan,  S.  V.  84 

-49  Hope,  Thomas  W.  84 

49  Howes,  Samuel  P.  84 
-53  Hudson,  William,  Jr.  84 

53  Huntington,  Daniel  84-85 

53 

'>3  Ingham,  Charles  Cromwell  85 

53  Tnman,  Henry  85-87 

54  Inman,  John  O'Brian  87 

178 


Jackson,  F^dwin  W. 

87 

Miller,  Godfred 

■15 

Jarvis,  Charles  Wesley 

87 

Miller,  William  H. 

15 

Jarvis,  John  Wesley 

87-89 

Moranges 

16 

Jocelyn,  Nathaniel 

89 

Morein,  J.  A. 

16 

Jones,  William  F. 

89 

Morse,  Samuel  Finlev 

3reese 

16 

Jonett,  Matthew  Harris 

89- 

-91 

Munger,  Caroline 
Munger,  George 

116- 

17 
17 

Kearney,  Francis 

9' 

Kellog,  Minor  K. 

91- 

-92 

Newcombe,  George  W. 

ri7 

Kelly,  Thomas 

92 

Newport,  J.  W. 

[17 

Kimberly,  James  H. 

92 

King,  Samuel 

92 

Officer,  Thomas  S. 

17 

Knight,  Charles 

92- 

-93 

O'Hara,  Miss 

18 

Krimmel,  John  Lewis 

93 

Otis,  Bass 

18 

Labutet 

93 

Parisen,  Philip 

19 

La  Farge,  John 

93 

Parissen,  William  D. 

19 

Lalanne,  Mary  El. 

93 

Parker,  Thomas  H. 

'9 

Lamhdin,  James  Reid 

94 

Parsell,  Abraham 

19 

Lamont,  Daniel  G. 

94 

Parsell,  J.  H. 

19 

Leslie,  Charles  Robert 

94- 

-95 

Partridge,  Joseph 

119- 

20 

L'Estrange 

9^ 

Peale,  Anna  Claypoole 

120- 

21 

Linen,  George 

95- 

-96 

Peale,  Charles  Willson 

121- 

23 

Livermore,  Mrs. 

96 

Peale,  James 

123- 

26 

Livingston,  Harriet 

96 

Peale,  Raphaelle 

126- 

27 

Longacre,  James  Barton 

96- 

-97 

Peale,  Rembrandt 

127- 

28 

Lord,  Phoebe  Griffin 

97 

Peale,  Sarah  M. 

28 

Lovett,  William 

97- 

-98 

Pease,  C.  W. 

28 

Lund,  Theodore 

98 

Pelham,  Henry 
Penny,  L.  P. 

]28- 

29 
29 

Mackintosh,  Miss  S.  B. 

98 

Persico,  Gennarino 

29 

Mack 

98 

Petticolas,  Edward  F. 

29 

McDougal,  John  A. 

98 

Petticolas,  Philip  A. 

29 

McPherson,  W.  J. 

98 

Pine,  Robert  Edge 

29 

Malbone,  Edward  Greene 

99- 

10 

Plantou,  Mrs. 

29 

Mapes,  James  Jay 

1 1 

Porter,  John  S. 

30 

Maras,  M. 

1 1 

Pratt,  Matthew 

31 

Marchant,  Edward  Dalton 

1 1 

Pratt,  Robert  M. 

31 

Mauvais 

1 1 

Purinton,  j. 

31 

Meance 

12 

Mercer,  William 

12 

Ram  age,  John 

131- 

33 

Metcalf,  Eliab 

1 12- 

'3 

Rench,  Miss  Polly 

33 

Mever,  Henry  Hoppner 

13 

Richardson,  Mrs.  C.  S. 

See 

Mifflin,  J.  H. 

14 

Caroline  Schetky 

Miles,  Edward 

114- 

15 

Rider,  Alexander 

] 

34 

Miller  and  Hillyer 

15 

Roberts,  John 

1 

34 

Robertson,  Alexander  134 

Robertson,  Archibald  135-136 

Robertson,  Walter  136-137 

Robinson,  John  137 

Rogers  137 

Rogers,  Charles  138 

Rogers,  Nathaniel  138 

Rowand,  William  138 

Russell,  Moses  B.  139 

Russell,  W.  C.  139 

Sanford,  Isaac  139 

Sargent,  Henry  139 

Sartain,  John  1 39-1 40 

Saunders,  Sophia  140 

Savage,  Edward  140 

Schetky,  Caroline  140-141. 

Schoener,  C.  T.  141 

Seager  141 

Seager,  Mrs.  and  Miss  141 

Seaman,  Charles  141 

Sel,  Jean  B.  141 

Shaftenbeng,  Lewis  I42 
Sharpies,  Mrs. (Ellen)  Jamesi  42-1 43 

Shepherd,  T.  S.  143 

Shumway,  Henry  Colton  I43-144 

Simes,  Mary  Jane  I44 

Smith,  James  P.  144 

Smith,  John  Rubens  145 

Smith,  William  Good  145 

Southward,  George  I45 

Southworth,  Nathaniel  146 

Staigg,  Richard  Morrell  1 45-1 47 

Stevens,  George  W.  147 
Stoughton,  Mrs.   See  Anna 

C.  Peale 

Stuart,  Gilbert  148 

Sully,  Lawrence  148-1 49 

Sully,  Rosalie  Kemble  149 

Sully,  Thomas  150-152 

Sully,  Thomas  Wilcocks  152 

Taylor  152 

Tetley,  William  Birchall  152-153 

Thomas,  C.  H.  153 


Thompson,  William  John 
Thompson,  John 
Thornton,  William  i 

Thornton,    Mrs.    William. 

See  Anna  Brodeau 
Tiebout,  Mademoiselle 
Tisdale,  Elkanah 
Torrey,  Manasseh  Cutler 
Trott,  Benjamiin  i 

Trumbull,  John  i 

Tucker,  Benjamin 
Twibill,  George  W.  i 


^53 

153 

54-155 


155 

155 

156 

56-159 

59-164 

164 

64-165 


Vail,  Miss  A.  D.  165 

Vaillant,  Madame  165 

Valentine,  William  165-166 
Valee,  Jean  Francois  de  La          166 

Vanderlyn,  John  167 

Vandyck,  James  '              167 

Verstille,  William  167-168 

Walters,  John  168 

Warren,  Asa  168 

Warwell  168 

Washburn,  Mrs.  H.  B.  See 

Caroline  Munger 

Watson,  John  169 

Weinedel,  Carl  169 

Wellmore,  E.  169-170 

Wentworth  170 

Wenzler,  A.  H.  170 
Wertmiiller,  Adolph  Ulric    170-171 

West,  Benjamin  171 

West,  William  Edward  171-172 

Weston,  Mrs.  Marv  172 

Wheeler,  W.  R.       '  172 

White,  John  Blake  172-173 

Williams,  Henry  173 

Wilson,  John  T.  173 

Wilson,  Matthew  174 

Wood,  Joseph  174-175 

Woolley  175 
Wrench,    Mary.     See    also 

Polly  Rench  175-176 

Wright,  Joseph  176 


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